Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [num ord] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |
| 2 | Biggins is regarded as the GM Vauxhall Conference 's most gifted midfielder , and with Brighton sliding down the Second Division and £2.5 million in the red , the 29-year-old says he is determined to put on a show that will humiliate the home side . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |
| 4 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 5 | Later , she washed down the last table and put the final glass in the dishwasher . |
| 6 | As I strolled down the next fairway and skirted a mass of heather which cut into the fairway on the angle of the dogleg , I wondered how my boss , Jack Mason , would fare in the tournament . |
| 7 | agree to it being handed in the next day as opposed to the next lesson ? |
| 8 | He had called to ask her advice about the small dinner party he intended to give in the next week or so . |
| 9 | Turn over the last page and the credits begin , ‘ The people in this novel are fictitious , the background of public events is not ’ . |
| 10 | By the terms of the Tomlin order the appellants agreed to pay off the second charge and to grant a further charge to the plaintiff for the purpose of securing payment to the plaintiff of the sum of £150,000 , such payment being one of the terms of the agreement made between the parties . |
| 11 | Seven races made up the first championship and the first was run at Silverstone on Saturday , 13 May 1950 . |
| 12 | Seven races made up the first championship and that number has fluctuated over the years . |
| 13 | Mr are you going to pick up the first point and then Mr . |
| 14 | Alexandra climbed carefully up the first side and then leaped from the top on to the grass below . |
| 15 | Minor planning difficulties had held up the second phase so the Federation has to start with just three finished rooms . |
| 16 | He picked up the third book that he had thrown . |
| 17 | ‘ I looked up the tenth anniversary and it said tin , which was a bit limiting . |
| 18 | We take up the fourth book and find ourselves with a work which , if we are not Latin scholars and particularly interested in medicine , might seem a dull dog . |
| 19 | After the seventh defendant had resigned from the plaintiffs the three refined the business plan and set up the fourth defendant and the fifth defendant companies . |
| 20 | You 'd 've been better off to have been booked in here for a good night 's sleep and then driven up the next day but then you 're virtually sort of getting up there turning round and coming back are n't you ? |
| 21 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 22 | Actually , I could throw at the moment but I could n't afford the shoulder seizing up the next day and suddenly finding I 'm out for three months . |
| 23 | and you 're not commissioned communicating professionally or particularly politely if you do n't ring up that day or the next day anybody understands if you have a puncture a road accident a client crashes but there 's nothing to actually stop you ringing up the next day and saying so sorry you could n't make it |
| 24 | At the end , you were totally blind and deaf to it , you 'd go to sleep and wake up the next morning and the mix was still going on ! |
| 25 | He 'd been married about two months when he went to bed one night and woke up the next morning and he was back in the field and 17 again . |
| 26 | ‘ If you 've done all that during the day , leave it overnight , open it up the next morning and it should be cold . |
| 27 | And then he woke up the next morning and threw up everywhere . |
| 28 | We will erase or cross out the second word and substitute the word ‘ thou ’ . |
| 29 | He spells out the first name and I 'm thinking Jemayl/Jemmel , uh-huh . |
| 30 | Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list . |