Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who would have dreamed she would be so fiery the first time ? |
| 2 | Continuation of inflation at this kind of rate would cause the whole problem to recur in that the value of gold stocks , at the new fixed price , would be regarded as insufficient in relation to the rising value of trade , and speculation on a further gold price rise , against the dollar , would redouble ( as it would have been proved so profitable the first time ) . |
| 3 | It had been so exciting the last time with one plane . |
| 4 | Childbirth was no less magical the second time around with Prince Harry |
| 5 | True , but few produce so amazing a second flush in late autumn or early winter . |
| 6 | He concludes with a dark warning that she and her infant may not be so lucky the next time . |
| 7 | He was warned that he would not be so lucky the next time . |
| 8 | I was so ill the next day Gill . |
| 9 | It 's not quite so good the second time around , never mind the fourth or fifth . |
| 10 | Almost a century later there were five thousand Salvationists in sixty five centres , still battling against the poverty and disease which had so concerned the first arrivals . |
| 11 | She was so startled the first time that she said to it : ‘ How nice to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 12 | But , then you do n't yo they 're not so important the second lot , as what we call , well you call them spares , we call them spare in the stables you see . |
| 13 | The goods to he sold had been piled up on the stairs where once " the possessions " had been piled ; bottles of jam and honey , heaps of hermetically sealed provisions , bottles of wine , cakes of chocolate pliable with the heat , tins of biscuits and even a few mouldy hams had been stacked against the splintered stumps which were all that now remained of the banisters Fleury had found so elegant the first evening he had entered the Residency . |
| 14 | Young wingers are like young spin bowlers ; it is that much harder the second time around . |
| 15 | Having done it once , it wo n't be so bad the next time … ’ |
| 16 | James Boswell in the eighteenth century was generally impotent the first time he slept with women of his own class , though in sex with lower-class girls he could easily prove his manhood . |
| 17 | Thus all the Fifth Army 's efforts would end in a futile waste . |
| 18 | When his three-year-old son saw the rods he started crying and said he wanted to go fishing , and was still upset the next morning . |
| 19 | ‘ Love 's more comf'table the second time around , ’ the song says . |
| 20 | Once a Bill is read a first time , it can be printed and is usually available the next day . |
| 21 | Yes , I saw them queuing for tomatoes , but the stall was still well-stocked the next day . |
| 22 | If marriage really is more harmonious the second time around , England should be celebrating the return of the urn sometime next July . |
| 23 | I was even more frightened the next morning , when I passed some large blood clots instead of urine , I became very agitated because I thought I must be dying ’ . |
| 24 | They took me back to London that night , and looked after me carefully all the next day , so that , although my arm was still aching , and I felt very weak , I was fit enough for the planned journey on Wednesday . |
| 25 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 26 | Regarded as a liberal , Bessmertnykh , 57 , had been hitherto the Soviet ambassador to the United States , and before that a First Deputy Foreign Minister . |
| 27 | The fare seems to have been about half the Third Class rate . |
| 28 | Just about all the first team squad on call for tomorrow … two problems facing the new manager Les Robinson is doubtful with a back injury … and skipper Jim Magilton is fighting for fitness after taking a knock in the Ireland game |
| 29 | But it does not arrive in Salamanca until about one-thirty the next day . |
| 30 | It is alleged in the statement of claim that at all material times since in or about 1988 the fifth defendants were retained and acted for , inter alia , Pantell S.A. and both of the Swiss Atlantic Holdings Ltd. companies . |