Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't even know who built the first engine ? |
| 2 | The Tour has begun , and by evening we 'll know who wears the first maillot jaune . |
| 3 | But that amendment will do nothing to change the first part of the Clause ... |
| 4 | To imagine what it would have been like a hundred years ago , when men were swinging over the cliffs on ropes made of horsehair , and climbing the soaring pinnacles of Stac Lee and Stac an Armin to harvest the gugas , the young gannets which would ensure they survived the next winter . |
| 5 | I I do n't think you need the first |
| 6 | Then , on 31 December , he rang back in desperation at the slow progress on the house , and told Sybille they would like her to start the next day . |
| 7 | That did n't stop her chucking the last of her things into the case , though . |
| 8 | Victor Lewis-Smith killed it , in one of his Time Out columns , with a heartfelt appeal for a gadget which would enable us to break the last tiny piece of poppadam into two equal pieces . |
| 9 | I can have them fried the next day . |
| 10 | In the third round — do n't forget they played the third and fourth rounds all on one day then — we 're on the 6th green and Nicklaus is on the 12th right alongside , of course ( the greens at St Andrews meet where they add up to 18 ) . |
| 11 | It could mean him missing the next match as a result . |
| 12 | Please could you also let me have the last two cheques debited to the account . |
| 13 | Yeah , but basically from , from that programme all , all the er , you can see all the resources were really being used all week and , but I had a problem when we came to do the bedrooms that er , you can there , we ran out of work for the decorators to do er removing this thing , once you 've removed and then I managed to squeeze in , but where the second decorator 's erm up to room twenty-three but rather than erm have just one gang than , and not , not using as many as the resources as we possibly could I let them gave the second gang a few rooms that they could actually squeeze in without interrupting I 've let them do up to room twenty-three and then and then basically the carpenting and they have to come in after everybody else has done what they Monday morning basically we just decided that we really needed more resources the earlier sequence of events to , to get so we were getting to so whether we 've been given |
| 14 | But I could n't let them have the last letter . |
| 15 | Possessed of such , and revelling in the distance set between them and miserable ‘ pragmatism ’ , Mrs Thatcher 's Conservative Party can still persuade itself to see the last decade as a period when undeviating conviction wrought a miracle in the land . |
| 16 | ‘ And I 'll let you pull the next bad tooth , ’ he said and stood up , reached out for her . |
| 17 | But if he 'll get it done , he 'll get it done the next it 's one less thing . |
| 18 | An equivalent medical prognosis would be pessimistic to say the least , and it is time now to explore alternatives which will allow us to approach the 21st Century with confidence instead of indecision and fear . |
| 19 | Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile . |
| 20 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 21 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 22 | One day America may find itself facing the last generation of its own weapons , which it had sold to its enemy in friendlier times . |
| 23 | We must ask you to stand the first £100 of any consequential loss . |
| 24 | We must ask you to stand the first £100 of any consequential loss . |
| 25 | May I suggest if the thing is worn out it will help us to jump the last hurdle . |