Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the boiling midday sun , the Scots could make nothing of five minutes of first-half possession and conceded tries to Pasikale ( 2 ) and Silolota , the latter converting two . |
| 2 | In the first place , I always threatened the orchestra that if they played too loudly I would simply lower them by ten centimetres ; and if they continued , then by the end of the first act they would be in the dungeon . |
| 3 | The American expression for this position is to say that the resources of a local authority are not ‘ fungible ’ , meaning that we can not treat them as one mass . |
| 4 | Broadcasts from a clandestine radio station named supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide , who was deposed in a violent military coup on Sept. 30 [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] , and called on the Tontons Macoutes to " eliminate them within 72 hours " . |
| 5 | He might buy them in one country and ship them to a warehouse in Rotterdam where they stay until he finds a buyer for them . |
| 6 | I 'm just gon na pack them in one bedroom and leave them there . |
| 7 | We do n't need you for two weeks . |
| 8 | Many humans are diabetics ( this writer included ! ) but did you know one in 200 dogs also live with this condition ? |
| 9 | Indeed , the machine is so massive that a tokamak reactor would need something like 17 times as much material to produce the same power output as a pressurised-water reactor . |
| 10 | If he knew the path blindfold after one month , how well would he know it after fourteen years ? |
| 11 | And the plane — you came down in it — did you ever know anyone with two four-motor jet planes for private use ? ’ |
| 12 | Immediately the caveman must prepare himself for two possibilities . |
| 13 | South Sussex may be ludicrously over-confident , but we ca n't beat them with three players . ’ |
| 14 | High remuneration , excellent prospects and an immediate cash bonus await the successful applicant who will present himself at twelve noon today . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll collect you in thirty minutes . |
| 16 | They would do you on one charge but they always laid three against you and you would have no escape . |
| 17 | They will entitle you to one eight-pack of Gold Series Part Two and , as a special bonus , one eight-pack of Part One worth 30p each PLUS a copy of the brand new official WWF merchandise catalogue from Squared Circle . |
| 18 | THEY will entitle you to one eight-pack of Gold Series Part Two and , as a special bonus , one eight-pack of Part One , worth 30p each PLUS a copy of the brand-new official WWF merchandise catalogue from Squared Circle . |
| 19 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 20 | And one may do something before one cracks up . |
| 21 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 22 | They can do everything in two rehearsals , and they take to Berlioz because of the virtuosity of their playing and the quickness of their reading . |
| 23 | Apparently , the free spending Italian club AC Milan were so taken with him that they offered Celtic a fee of £100,000 for his services , only to recoil in fear when the club 's manager Jock Stein told him they could only rent him for one game for that amount . |
| 24 | Would you watch it for three hours ? |
| 25 | Do n't just pour it in one place . |
| 26 | They got ta do it with one hand in their pocket . |
| 27 | You could do it with two rulers could n't you . |
| 28 | So you , you said you could do it for five p a copy ? |
| 29 | Well you see we 're a bit further from home now and if we can do it for five days , great , we have n't |
| 30 | I 'm only gon na do it for two days . |