Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star . |
| 2 | ‘ I just do n't fancy tackling her a third time . ’ |
| 3 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 4 | Elizabeth answered that she particularly did not want anything to remain that might hurt any living person among her friends — and so with one blow.she destroyed the ‘ flat ’ characters , who could have given her a second literary fame . |
| 5 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 6 | It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought . |
| 7 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 8 | She would have said it a third , even a fourth time , but he sealed her mouth with his own , possessing its sweetness with a plunderer 's purpose . |
| 9 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 10 | Oh I always give you first cup , I 'll have to give you the last one then . |
| 11 | He did n't have to tell me a second time . |