Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made a last minute decision to go to this game . |
| 2 | I produced a first version of that track in a week and they had it on the TV the next night ! |
| 3 | There was a spring in my step and when Craig Brewster played a nice through ball into the box , my old legs managed to carry me there and I got a second goal that I did n't expect . ’ |
| 4 | In some places metal sinks and is covered over so quickly that even Victorian losses can be out of range ; at the other end of the scale I found a 14th century key in a wood , that came up from a depth of only 2 inches . |
| 5 | I want a second opinion ! |
| 6 | I want a second opinion . |
| 7 | I incurred a second funeral director 's bill the same week as I paid off the first . |
| 8 | Through the dingy gloom of this motionless train , I catch a first glimpse of my fellow travellers . |
| 9 | Then I played a second lad and beat him too . |
| 10 | The ground felt as I imagined a first world war battlefield might feel — all pits and trenches — but dry . |
| 11 | … and when I add a third category called Years , Improv automatically generates extra cells , complete with relevant formulae |
| 12 | I declined a third scone but accepted a ginger biscuit . |
| 13 | I have to wait a while before I get a second chub , but it is worth it for this one weighs 4lb 10oz and fights like a demon . |
| 14 | It 's interesting , actually , since I teach a first year class of biologists , where we do have rather more girls than boys , that erm as a class it works very well , possibly better than some of our own chemistry classes where there are fewer girls , and I do n't know whether this is because of the mix or not . |
| 15 | Desperate now , I pulled a third time , and a third time the boots slipped . |
| 16 | O is ‘ Oh dear , can I have a second opinion ? ’ |
| 17 | Dad can I have a third tea ? |
| 18 | I had the club already going , was dealing with mainly young people , and as you will know young people 's taste tends to vary quite considerably and very quickly , so I might well be very successful for so long and then if suddenly taste changed and I had n't got the ability to change with the times I realized that it would be rather precarious , so I needed a second string to my bow . |
| 19 | Yes , I see why I represented a last hope , ’ she said . |
| 20 | He added : ‘ As we approached the town we swerved to avoid a mine in the road , then I saw a second mine three feet in front of us . |
| 21 | Then I saw a second light beside the first . |
| 22 | ‘ When I win a first set like that , I panic . ’ |
| 23 | I took a last walk through the churchyard to the marshes . |
| 24 | Tuesday , 23rd : After a brief meeting at the High Commission with the Education Adviser , I gave a second lecture on ‘ the Logic of Polite Conversation ’ at J.N.U. , and was afterwards invited to lunch by the English Department , in the company of the Vice-Chancellor and various members of staff . |
| 25 | I order a second beer . |
| 26 | What should I do with the multifasciatus — should I obtain a second female , or swap the existing female with another one ? |
| 27 | If it 's double do I get a second go ? |
| 28 | And I won a first prize so I said , . |
| 29 | ‘ Once next door and then I had a second breakfast with Dad . |
| 30 | When Granpa brought us all home from midday mass there was still no sign of Dad , so I had a second night with the double bed all to myself . |