Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It put its head on one side and fixed them with one evil black eye . |
| 2 | He overtook me after three tantrum-filled games ( mine , not his ) . |
| 3 | So a catastrophic drop to 5 per cent of its pre-deluge invertebrate quantities still provided them with three square meals a day . |
| 4 | I played one lad and beat him in three successive frames . |
| 5 | On 13 October , the Leader of the Opposition described it in three different ways — which is typical of him . |
| 6 | He clasped the royal hand and plastered it with three lingering kisses . |
| 7 | Martial law , in force since the Feb. 23 military coup [ see p. 38003-04 ] , was lifted in most areas of the country on May 3 , although the interim government retained it in 21 sensitive border provinces and districts . |
| 8 | Mr. Watkinson referred us to three other decided cases in support of the contrary view , but to my mind they do not assist him . |
| 9 | It was Dr Jaffery who told me about two contemporary travel books which rescued the Mughals from being suffocated beneath landslides of silk , diamonds and lapis lazuli — Bernier 's Travels in the Mogul Empire and Manucci 's Mogul India . |
| 10 | Zack told him in three angry sentences . |
| 11 | Leni came back with the coffee and poured it into two non-matching teacups . |
| 12 | She was familiar enough with the garden by this time to return in only a few minutes with sheafs of colourful tropical blooms , and she arranged them in two big vases to make riotously informal bunches of colour that lacked classical form but would , she hoped , be pleasing to Faye 's artistic eye . |
| 13 | Damian followed her in three quick strides , reached for her . |
| 14 | He began early , in Bangkok and then Dubai , had a week 's work-out with David Leadbetter in Orlando and then followed it with four straight tournaments coming into the Masters . |
| 15 | Taking care with her napkin , Sarella folded it into eight equal parts . |
| 16 | Director William Sterling had spotted a Sunday magazine photograph of her taken by Lord Snowdon , arranged to meet her and shortlisted her with two other girls to meet Shaftel ; after a couple of screen tests in full costume , she was offered the role . |
| 17 | Pain hit him in one intolerable wave and he blacked out . |
| 18 | Then they hit her like two separate blows . |
| 19 | Then , as Guy reached her in one long stride , it no longer mattered . |
| 20 | Mr Christopher 's trip took him to six Arab countries , Jordan , Egypt , Syria , Saudi Arabia , Kuwait and Lebanon , and Israel . |
| 21 | She grabbed the French loaf and wrenched it into two unequal halves . |
| 22 | She took her hip flask from her coveralls and emptied it in one long gulp . |
| 23 | They then measured the distance between Hartwell and Roade Station and divided it into three equal parts . |
| 24 | Taking a clean sheet of A4 paper out of a drawer , she divided it into three vertical columns . |
| 25 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 26 | builders ren made it into two separate . |
| 27 | The Goths , however , objected to this national treasure being handed over , and redeemed it for 200,000 solidi . |
| 28 | In a flood of tears , some my own , she presented me with four frozen chicken portions . |
| 29 | He introduced me to one simple , trusting soul . |
| 30 | The collector then donated them to three American museums : the Museum of Modern Art had first choice , and took forty-three ; the Art Institute of Chicago then selected thirty-eight ; and the rest went to the Denver Art Museum . |