Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few seconds the two birds stood facing each other , chests fully extended ; then Handlebar 's bird flew at its rival with a new and sudden violence . |
| 2 | The above analysis is based upon a combination of the principles in BRS and Butler , but the two cases do have some differences . |
| 3 | Although his two sons had hated each other , they would not have dared move openly against one another while their powerful father was still alive . |
| 4 | Unless , that is , two groups happen to tell each other and it turns out that both have had the same or similar experiences . |
| 5 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kennilworth correctly said , the parents charter is based on two policies designed to help all the other steps that we shall be taking to raise standards of education . |
| 6 | Two Brothers had mounted those duelling blocks , stepping into those boots encased in heavy steel . |
| 7 | The worst drought in the region for two centuries has claimed another victim … the badger . |
| 8 | Yes thank you , it 's great fun there and the two rascals have got these things everywhere he indicated the dust jacket where a green scaly monster grinned devouringly at both of them . |
| 9 | Cell fusion and genetic research at Oxford over the past two decades have shown that malignancy and the ability of tumours to spread and kill an animal can be suppressed by the function of normal cellular genes . |
| 10 | He has competed in the Middle East Challenge events for several years and for over two decades has raced both cars and off road vehicles . |
| 11 | This is the first of two articles written to discuss some aspects of the mathematical education of young children from the Indian sub-continent . |
| 12 | THE LACK of snowfall in most European resorts over the last two winters has made all skiers aware of the advantages of artificial snow-making machinery . |
| 13 | In the year in which Joseph Parker made his controversial speech the Baptists and Congregationalists held some of their ‘ May Meetings ’ jointly but talk of the two denominations uniting found little support . |
| 14 | It is assumed that the two defendants have committed some crime at a stated time — say between 10 and 11 p.m. last Wednesday — and have set up an alibi . |
| 15 | The two governments agreed to terminate all litigation before the municipal courts between the nationals of either country and the government of the other . |
| 16 | Th the boats are fine but the the main human interest in it does tend to be , in fact , the personally , the two dogs has has more prominence in the picture than this chap , which is a pity . |
| 17 | And he spent two days trying to impress this upon Forbus and Forbus went back to Arkansas and did exactly what he said he was going to do . |
| 18 | Trevor Gordon read the script and duly sunk the two free-throws required to establish that margin with just two seconds left . |
| 19 | Two things appeared to affect this assessment independently . |
| 20 | Two things have changed this situation . |
| 21 | The collaboration of the two males tends to prevent this . |
| 22 | The two belligerents having accepted this text in principle , Perez de Cuellar 's task , involving a bout of shuttle diplomacy , was now to pin them down to an actual cease-fire on the ground . |
| 23 | ‘ I said that this was not Shelley and I ganging up in competition against them : it was just two businesswomen trying to make more business . |
| 24 | Findlay , is due in today and providing he overcomes his jetlag , he could again prove the trump card and give his team a rare victory over Bury , who have already beaten them on all four occasions the two teams have met this season . |
| 25 | In the study of crime , particularly with respect to its predictability ( and manipulability , which I will be looking at next ) , the more moderate versions of these two positions have shown some potentiality for convergence . |
| 26 | The reason it thinks your 486SX is a 386 is that the two processors do share many common features , it just that one is a lot more powerful than the other . |
| 27 | No-one has ever been able to explain precisely why the tropical forests and coral reefs contain so many species , but the two habitats do have several obvious features in common . |
| 28 | Two features help make this book 's arguments convincing . |
| 29 | The build-up training at Easthampstead Park , in Berkshire , was a chance for the group and the two leaders to get to know each other . |
| 30 | Next counsel for the defendant , as we understood him , contended that , in so far as the two agreements purported to render each of the defendant and Miss Guile merely individually liable for the payment[s] , they were " shams " . |