Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I remember the first talkie I ever heard , I walked in the elite one night , with the wife and er as we walked in we hear a chap says I 'm I am . |
| 2 | And I remember the first time , I poured a whole jugful of water in . |
| 3 | He stepped closer to John Russell 's roan horse and I remember the first thing he said . |
| 4 | So only Neil Webb left if you discount the goalkeeper and I remember the last time we did that Forest live game up at Bolton Forest had to use their both their substitutes in that game as well quite early on . |
| 5 | There was a spring in my step and when Craig Brewster played a nice through ball into the box , my old legs managed to carry me there and I got a second goal that I did n't expect . ’ |
| 6 | It was five one pound bets that we put on between us , I put two on , my wife put three on , and all mine were place bets , and I got the winner and I got the fourth , and my wife got the second , and the other one of hers lost . |
| 7 | And I bring the next . |
| 8 | At that point , rather late one night , he and I had the last of a long sequence of talks . |
| 9 | Those are just some of the memories I will take with me from this year 's Ryder Cup to join those I have of my previous three captaincies and I wish the next Ryder Cup Captain as much joy and success as I 've been lucky enough to experience . |
| 10 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
| 11 | Latter and I made the second ascent of Fer de Lance on sight , confirming the E6 6b grade . |
| 12 | The overture finishes to applause , the curtains open , thunder rumbles and lightning flashes to reveal me , arms raised skyward and apparently floating in midair , as a huge mirror silently descends and I speak the first lines : |
| 13 | I could n't find the entrance to the restaurant that night for a start , and I spent the first half hour of the evening circling the outside of the building looking for a way in — in full view of all the diners . |
| 14 | My wife and I spent the first days of our married life at Abbey St Bathan 's , on Whiteadder , when we stayed with a remarkable lady , Miss Gillon , in her gardener 's cottage . |
| 15 | Martyn and I spent the next 10 days camping on the largest of the islands , sharing it with 30 pairs of geese . |
| 16 | At this time I was on holiday and I spent the next three days redecorating my sitting room ( a boring task , but necessary ) while waiting for the G4 to harden . |
| 17 | This advice I took seriously ; and Myra and I spent the next ten years mostly in Britain . |
| 18 | Cos I did erm I was thinking we 're going through this fairly quickly are they really taking it in so I s we stopped after I re reached a certain point and I spent the next sort of half an hour or so just asking them questions and some of the things they got right , some they got wrong so I went back over them until we got it right so sort of help to confirm things . |
| 19 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 20 | My timber all came from local sources : by pure chance one timber yard had recently acquired an elm butt and I purchased the first board ( a huge log sawn into 2in boards — the real stuff ) . |
| 21 | I had the go-ahead last week-end and I interviewed the fourth applicant this morning . |
| 22 | The director said ‘ Action ’ , the sound recordist said ‘ Running ’ , the assistant cameraman said ‘ One forty-five take one ’ , and I put the first question — how did he think the war would have gone if he 'd started it with the 300 U-boats he 'd asked for in 1938 ? |
| 23 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 24 | ‘ One paper asked me to pick the Derby winner and I picked the first four . |
| 25 | We had a bit of a party in the Met Office that night , tearful farewells were said all over the place , and I departed the next morning with my kit and a bad headache , ready for whatever Fate had in store for me . |
| 26 | Benjamin and I needed no second bidding . |
| 27 | and er and then those Brownies got older and I started the first Girl Guides there |
| 28 | And I paid the first fine that I ever did . |
| 29 | And I missed the first game against Apoel because of the suspension I picked up . |
| 30 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |