Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 He apologised for NeXTStep 3.0 being 60 days late , claimed that Mach is object-oriented and that a bit of Unix is only dragged along in NeXT for compatibility .
2 Cos he , he 's , he 's only stood about for first hour anyway .
3 She and Mandy had finally got in from last night 's fiasco around four in the morning .
4 Supply landing operation already laid on to last detail with Mid .
5 Vauxhall just held on to second spot ahead of Rover with 24,376 sales to Rover 's 23,251 .
6 United have now dropped back into 15th place in the 1st division .
7 ‘ We 're not there yet , because it 's not mathematically certain we can stay up , ’ insisted manager Ian Branfoot , whose team have now crept up to 17th place .
8 I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows
9 The research will seek to show how the Council , originally set up in mid-nineteenth century when medical practice was greatly different from today , has responded to the changed circumstances .
10 The story is now taken up at second hand .
11 The David Nicholson-trained gelding emerged as 3-1 clear favourite with Ladbrokes for the Champion Hurdle following his five-length defeat of Flown , with Martin Pipe 's Granville Again well beaten back in third .
12 Money cascaded on to Henry Cecil 's filly , including one individual bet of £50,000 to £55,000 , but in the end she was even edged out of second place by Line Of Thunder .
13 We 've never quite got on to first name terms , Emily and I. Even in our respective retirements .
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