Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hardly surprising given the enhanced status , power and influence which the nineteenth century had brought , that Nonconformists had come to identify the Christian religion with the values and secular goals of their times , the most important of which was an acceptance of the inevitability of progress through change . |
| 2 | ( If it upset you the first time , please move on to the next paragraph . ) |
| 3 | Win the new Renault Clio We unveil a fantastic new six-part competition to win one of this year 's most exciting models , and give you the first plant posers that lead the way to £9,180-worth of gleaming new car ! |
| 4 | No she bought a second lo a second twenty lot of twenty and I give her the first lot back probably . |
| 5 | Give him the first half , and see what he would do . |
| 6 | As a matter of fact I usually just give him the first line or two and leave him to get on with it . |
| 7 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 8 | You 're always give him the last sweet to him ! |
| 9 | ‘ Tell me the next scene . |
| 10 | Who can put their hand up and tell me the next number ? |
| 11 | You know who the first person who knocked on Mrs. Thatcher 's door in the House of Commons at the start of the Falklands War , or when it was being planned , it was Harold Macmillan , offering any advice , you know , if she could use his advice , and the one bit of advice he gave her was appoint a small War Cabinet to deal with it , and she took that advice . |
| 12 | Each stage of the operation is recorded on a tape machine and each operator reports the end of each stage to that machine and the machine will — providing all the agents on that scheme have also reported in — tell you the next stage . ’ |
| 13 | This is often confused with a lot of idealistic nonsense about the inevitability of progress , often coupled with ignorant nonsense about evolution " violating the Second Law of Thermodynamics " ( those that belong to the half of the educated population that , according to the novelist C. P. Snow , know what the Second Law is , will realize that it is no more violated by evolution than it is violated by the growth of a baby ) . |
| 14 | You know what the next level up is after megabyte . |
| 15 | We always know what the next step in our lives should be — which area of our lives needs to be resolved or changed — and we need to find the courage and self-love to start moving . |
| 16 | And , having watched the recent coal fiasco , we all know what the next step is once an unwanted raw material has been identified ; you stop its production . |
| 17 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
| 18 | Well ask him the next time you see him . |
| 19 | It is the most beautiful thing you will ever wear — until I surpass myself the next time ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It is beautiful , ’ she said coyly , ‘ it is the most beautiful dress I will ever wear , until I surpass myself the next time . ’ |
| 21 | Cos I call on them everyday , I can pick the tools up and deliver them the next day . |
| 22 | And that 's because the third world is bigger than any other section whether you call it the first world or second world or whatever , and I think the first and second put together . |
| 23 | Marchmont was driven to complain that Anson had been ready enough to promise that he would ‘ do it the first moment it was possible ’ , and had already been strongly urged to promote Lieutenant Home by the Duke of Newcastle , but yet had done nothing . |
| 24 | It 's harder when you do it the first thing . |
| 25 | Well do it the next day then Geoff . |
| 26 | As you do it the third time , bend your fingers down and place them all under the band . |
| 27 | I wonder what the next chapter is about ? ’ |
| 28 | Write it out in full , reflect on it overnight and polish it the next day . |
| 29 | The doctrine is that whenever you are faced with a decision , you always follow what the last person who was faced with the same decision did . |
| 30 | Just make sure you balance it the next day by enjoying a bigger portion of vegetables and fruit . |