Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The creepy brew was dished out to the squad in Barcelona and helped them win four gold and five silver medals . |
| 2 | Odette found she lost three stone keeping busy , then to her dismay found she was pregnant again . |
| 3 | When we moved we had one armchair and a sewing machine . |
| 4 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 5 | He also reminded the Association that the registration procedure would take time and invited it to nominate three north country shipowners to visit the London head office of the union , inspect all books and documents relating to membership and funds in order to satisfy themselves that it was a bona fide organisation . |
| 6 | The land belongs to the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) , which could have hundreds of thousands of sites , the National Park Service , which identified 2,400 hazardous mines , and the Forest Service , which estimated it has 25,000 mine sites . |
| 7 | When this happened she had one option ; there was only one other perch available : my fist . |
| 8 | The arrest of King had been videotaped by an amateur cameraman , and the resulting footage showed him receiving 56 baton blows and being brutally kicked by police . |
| 9 | Where their flesh touched she became one thing with him . |
| 10 | But the court heard he passed SIX slip roads where he could have turned off . |
| 11 | His mother permitted herself to use one weekend visit from the strictly observed quota to see him . |
| 12 | After Christmas he had wanted to arrange for the marriage to take place straight away , before he could change his mind , but it was difficult to fit it in with his new duties as a Governor of the Foundling Hospital which required him to spend one day a week in town . |
| 13 | She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck , then flex his shoulder muscles . |
| 14 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 15 | Why I 've been , it will be ten months that 's all Rita , ten month it took me to lose six stone , you do n't want to lose that much do you ? |
| 16 | You paint a picture like that Mars now I saw you do one time , empty with loneliness . |
| 17 | I thought you meant one flower but I did n't know there was four of them there . |
| 18 | Gazzer saw her take one hand off the top of the gates and jam it into a wide split in the wood , then she crouched down and grabbed Simon 's jacket with the other hand . |
| 19 | Greenside experts saw him miss three birdie opportunities , from six , 10 and 15 feet . |
| 20 | She saw him rub one hand across his forehead , as if wiping away perspiration . |
| 21 | Members of the star-studded cast objected strongly when producers insisted they shoot one scene with LIVE WORMS in their mouths . |
| 22 | Well it 's roughly about five pound and , one pound and I thought he said one pound forty a pint . |
| 23 | And it 's nine pound , did I say nine pound fifty a tank ? |
| 24 | Did I say two point eight . |
| 25 | Oh sorry , did I say two point eight ? |
| 26 | A fight ensued which left one man dead , one crippled for life and several with lasting scars . |
| 27 | Did you add , did you add one question on the end that I would answer |
| 28 | Hopefully , er what did you say five working days ? |
| 29 | what did you say twenty second ? |
| 30 | ‘ Did you imagine one drink would slake so raging a thirst ? |