Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [num ord] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | We have n't got enough Nice to get some work started on the eighth floor because of the different activities But then again with the activities that are carrying on on the seventh floor we ca n't By the time we get round to the ninth pretty desperate . |
2 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
3 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
4 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
5 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
6 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
7 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
8 | Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was . |
9 | She said well it 's too late now , the the clear one 's full so we just anyway , went I went down the next day there 's a new one or , next time , there 's a new one down there so they , they must obviously think , well put them all in together . |
10 | If it helps the hon. Gentleman , I shall try to wear my tie upside down the next time I am at the Dispatch Box . |
11 | Breeze snatched up the first thing she could find — her own mackintosh , which she had been wearing earlier in the day — and with one swift movement covered that smouldering sleeve with the thick material . |
12 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
13 | At the DOS prompt ( > ) pressing F3 will automatically bring up the last line you typed . |
14 | Parish councils ( community councils in Wales ) made up the third tier which had both minor service and advisory functions at grass-roots level . |
15 | Naturally he he wanted to keep his place open and when he got up the next morning somebody had painted the side of the van completely over . |
16 | When I woke up the next morning my incontinence sheet had gone |
17 | Her aim was simple ; to head up the coast under cover of the bushes and seek out the first help she could . |
18 | Without wishing to rule out the first option I should like to consider the second , to examine the possibilities of indirect leverage over investment decisions . |
19 | ‘ There have been a number of occasions in the past when stories have appeared in the press saying what the figures are going to be in one or two days ’ time … but when someone quotes exactly the figure which is going to come out the next day it is hard to believe they just made an inspired guess . |
20 | When Blyth came back the next year he was even more unpleasant than before , having lost his left leg from above the knee in a road accident ( the boy he was playing'chicken ’ with was killed ) . |
21 | ‘ Because you 're a landlord , I suppose , ’ I said , holding back the next thing I had been going to say and then deciding he might not mind . |