Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ninety six male patients admitted to four surgical wards for elective repair of inguinal hernias under general anaesthesia were interviewed in hospital on the day before surgery and asked to complete two self evaluation questionnaires : a screen for pre-existing anxiety or depressive states using the hospital anxiety and depression scale ( HADS ) , in which patients were asked to score answers based on how they generally felt over the few weeks before admission , and an assessment of their current state of anxiety ( Spielberger STAI-X1 ) . |
| 2 | It was not until March 1950 that the British ceased to rank the Middle East equally with Europe , and promised to send two divisions to the continent in the event of war . |
| 3 | ‘ On reporting , ’ he recalled , ‘ I was given a piece of steel ( distorted ) , a hacksaw , a file and a square and told to make two sides square , which I quickly did . ’ |
| 4 | The solution was found initially using the entire Fab molecule , and confirmed using two half-molecules comprising the constant and variable regions . |
| 5 | Birmingham City were yesterday fined £50,000 and ordered to play two games behind closed doors following the riot at St Andrews in February , though the punishment is suspended until the end of next season . |
| 6 | One of the witnesses called today was Peter Simpson , a taxi driver who was waiting in a layby in Akers Way when he said he heard the sound of screeching tyres and looked to see two cars driving at speed , nose to tail along the road . |
| 7 | that she could could make the tea or something you know , him having put the cups out and everything and I I put the teapot there and said put two tea bags in it and she just |
| 8 | In fact , by then Reagan had served a valuable apprenticeship in the communications industry and had completed two terms as governor of the most populous state in the union with a GNP comparable to that of Canada and exceeded by only six national economies . |
| 9 | Karen had dipped badly in her A-levels and had done two years in a commerce school before she 'd been accepted for her degree course . |
| 10 | By the age of thirteen he had twice been shipwrecked and had survived two epidemics of yellow fever , a hurricane , and two serious illnesses . |
| 11 | One day he had taken a walk in the country , and had surprised two lovers in a wood . |
| 12 | Mr Goldring said Allitt had been a trainee nurse at the hospital nearing the end of her contract in early 1991 and had failed two job interviews , one at Grantham and another at Boston . |
| 13 | She asked for news of Robin and Jenny , and Aunt Sarah launched into an ironic description of how a Japanese tourist half Jenny 's size and four times her age had proposed marriage to her ( ’ At least I hope it was marriage ’ ) , and how Robin had got locked overnight in the bar of the hotel where he was working and had taken two days to sleep it off ; and gradually Ruth fought down her feelings . |