Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need n't be frightened of the mole-woman : she 'd be too busy making beds and totting up last night 's proceeds to wonder whether I was a truant from a Youth Custody Centre or a prostitute on an overnight break . |
| 2 | To improve condition , try the Ultimate Nail Mask by Elegant Touch , which contains protein , calcium and vitamin E. Apply at night before bed and peel off next morning . |
| 3 | While he is at it , will he adopt Labour 's policy and top up next year 's pension increase by £5 for single pensioners and £8 for couples ? |
| 4 | Got dressed ( glanced out of the window — hot again ) , made up ( Gothic again ) , sat on the edge of the bed and took out my envelope of dreams and scribbled down last night 's dream . |
| 5 | This is something we discussed and thrashed out last time ? |
| 6 | They all speak excellent English and going on last year , are so pleased to be in Britain and so appreciative of everything arranged for them that they make an easy and rewarding group to entertain . |
| 7 | All I can say is when you read that document carefully it 's an open cheque for the C E C. They can go and come back next year and give you a date for a merger . |
| 8 | If his father had n't been so bloody-minded and had let him use the family car , he would no doubt have gone down alone and come back next day , having called on some estate agent in Hadleigh or Sudbury and asked them to sell the house for him , the very one probably that he had gone to in the following year . |
| 9 | She stood up with total aplomb , and carried off first prize for her rendering of a " Purple Pussycat " . |
| 10 | I 've had another word with Personnel and they say that even though I ca n't have any more full-timers , I can have a part-timer to help me with making the sandwiches in the morning and clearing up last thing at night . |