Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marek eyed them up his nose for a moment , breathed in and recited two verses , his head flung back , his eyes damp . |
| 2 | Thus , either all the petitioning creditors must join in and swear one affidavit or separate affidavits , each exhibiting a copy of the petition , must be sworn . |
| 3 | but you do n't go in and buy five cases of |
| 4 | It may settle the other two down and prevent one individual from being continually picked on . |
| 5 | He has to settle down and marry one day , just as I do , has n't he ? ’ |
| 6 | A BANNED driver who mowed down and killed five youngsters in a high-speed chase was jailed for a maximum of five years yesterday . |
| 7 | When I knocked and entered , Ira , with a broad smile on his face , reached down and produced two glasses and a bottle of Okanagan wine which we were soon sipping . |
| 8 | A ruling Labour group proposal to shut down and sell three schools , and use the cash for reorganising existing sites , was thrown out in a stormy meeting . |
| 9 | He flagged a waiter down and grabbed two drinks from the silver tray . |
| 10 | Buster Watson was expected to win the 100 metres , but I came through and clocked 10.4 seconds for a personal best and a county record , which still stands . |
| 11 | So the chances were there for United rather than Portsmouth erm but you always had that feeling in the last quarter of an hour , is n't that funny , you 've talked to Ken Vasey and we 've talked to Andy Melville , and I think they both agreed that erm Portsmouth might just come through and snatch three points . |
| 12 | Eric had rolled over and had one hand under his head , the other over his eyes . |
| 13 | Two years ago today , an Israeli lorry driver ran over and killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip . |
| 14 | It appeared behind a clump of dead plants , ran over and stopped five metres from them . |
| 15 | And then David 's coming over and having three weeks , so she 'll be over seven weeks |
| 16 | The young man pulled forward the chair he had been sitting on and lifted one leg up on it . |
| 17 | you , you were meant to come on and score two goals and |
| 18 | She trotted off and returned two minutes later with a pure white cashmere cardigan . |
| 19 | A Greek oil tanker broke up and spilled 12,000 tonnes of light crude oil off the west coast of Australia on 21 July , creating what was described as the country 's worst such environmental disaster . |
| 20 | I was glad when Sunday morning arrived , I woke up and saw two suitcases bulging on my bedroom floor . |
| 21 | Today , however , when she glanced up and saw two men high above her on a jig smiling and nudging each other , she simply fled back to the sanctuary of her office . |
| 22 | The spool is once again built up and takes 100 metres of 6lb — I use 150 metres of 4lb . |
| 23 | Near the chancel arch is a niche dedicated to St Sitha — her only claim to fame , according to local tradition , is that she was martyred , her head was cut off ‘ and she picked it up and ran three miles to the nearby ( sic ! ) church to warn the other Christians . ’ |
| 24 | If you stand up and walk ten steps |
| 25 | In Deir Yassin they rounded up and butchered 250 people . |
| 26 | All the little man had to do was stand up and take one pace forward , parting the branches . |
| 27 | Just before midnight she got up and swallowed two aspirins with some water which she hoped would calm her down . |
| 28 | Four of the watchers , experienced men , not easy to shock , had to undergo therapy as they described how the figure of the youth was picked up and hurled twenty yards towards them , like a rag doll , first flying , then bouncing and rolling in a twisted assembly of disjointed limbs . |
| 29 | I was a chargehand and then I just drifted into being a Redcoat , and getting up and doing five minutes on stage and enjoying it . |
| 30 | The screen lit up and showed two pennants crudely drawn on the acetate , one yellow and the other red . |