Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I made the 1989 side after using the new putter for only six months . |
| 2 | I unlocked the three clasps , took out the faded petals of a flower wrapped in oiled leather , as well as all the letters and documents from that fateful summer of 1520 . |
| 3 | I met the two brothers , Ernie and Sidney , last night . ’ |
| 4 | Steve and I shared the one room upstairs and tried to do it up a bit . |
| 5 | Thus laden , I rode the 20 miles to Picton and caught the ferry ; stayed overnight in Wellington and then took the train to Auckland — no problems in putting the bike aboard ; and this journey lived up to expectations and surpassed them ; the scenery through the ‘ King Country ’ in autumn is quite unrivalled , and again looks like a superb area for a cycle tour . |
| 6 | Cos I I got the two science lectures and thought I 'll try and get a couple of arts lectures , |
| 7 | I put two pounds in the machine up there and I got fifteen pounds , I got the three bars , er , not the three , two bars and some nudges and I nudged it |
| 8 | When I reviewed the GR-50 back in December ‘ 91 , I went into some detail regarding the fitting of the GK-2 pickup to the guitar of your choosing . |
| 9 | Well I found the twenty pound in the end but the fifty pound we could n't find it , we checked everything so i fortunately I said to I had them re-checked on Monday during the day for cash up |
| 10 | ‘ I moved the six kids into the back bedroom for safety , ’ Cornelius said . |
| 11 | On Wednesday 20th November I caught the 1540 ex . |
| 12 | ( I excluded the one woman who had a full-time job from this tabulation since this was the one respect in which her housework situation was not directly comparable with that of the other women . ) |
| 13 | Alton Towers in fact was a record turnover and profit and I think it justifies our marketing of goods I mentioned the two investments on new rides earlier and that was designed to move the audience from the white socks brigade to family unions , it seems to be working very well |
| 14 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 15 | When he gave me a copy of his complete works in September of 1943 inscribed from a ‘ sincere friend ’ , I noted the four lines opposite the title page : |
| 16 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 17 | I finally saw Dundee on my forty-first birthday and I pledged the ten quid to his lovely leathery face and his matchless , understated performance . |
| 18 | I climbed the two flights of stairs and walked down the rickety balcony which led to Ellen 's small end room . |
| 19 | One of the main reasons why I joined the 1990 rebel tour to South Africa was my disappointment with the way I had been used as an England spinner in the previous couple of years . |
| 20 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |
| 21 | I walked the four miles home to the forge , thinking about all I had seen . |
| 22 | Yesterday afternoon was misty and bitterly cold , but I walked the four miles to Wuthering Heights and arrived just as it was beginning to snow . |
| 23 | I had a perm on Friday and then rushed off to the dentist for an emergency white cement type filling to fill my Friday 13th loss ( ! ) — maddening to have to go back again as it is the other side of town , but I walked the two miles or so home , along with Bella . |
| 24 | When I first came to Shieldaig , I walked the twelve miles from Lochcarron in the south , on the only road giving access to the village , a road badly rutted and offering no invitation to wheels and , indeed , no vehicles passed me . |
| 25 | I tamped the 1 lb. stick of dynamite |
| 26 | Seventeen days have passed since I finished the ten day course of chlorambucil . |
| 27 | So I spent the 4 weeks living in a style to which I was not accustomed , but found no difficulty in adopting ! |
| 28 | That night I spent the ten dollars Papa had given me . |
| 29 | I chatted the one grandmother , who hard hardly seen her grandson who has made friends with another eight year old in the children 's club . |
| 30 | ‘ I examined the two bottles for prints and found nothing identifiable on the hydrochloride , but on the nux vomica bottle there were fresh prints of the deceased 's left hand and on the stopper good prints of the forefinger and thumb of his right hand . |