Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At best , a family might be given two shillings weekly if , after being willing to submit to a very strict investigation into their financial position ( this was called a ‘ Means Test ’ ) they were found to be at starvation level . |
| 2 | Jimmy Phillips gave Middlesbrough brief hope of a revival from the penalty spot two minutes later after Mike Hooper hauled down John Hendrie , but Steve McManaman restored respectability to the scoreline when he turned home Liverpool 's third on the stroke of half time from Don Hutchison 's raking pass . |
| 3 | The home side equalised once more two minutes later when 17-year-old youth international Graham Potter ran clear before a Trevor Matthewson own goal gave Newcastle victory . |
| 4 | The Italian side fell further behind two minutes later when keeper Stefano Ciucci made a hash of a McMinn cross and Derby skipper Micky Forsyth was able to stab home . |
| 5 | That was nothing to my thoughts two minutes later when I joined the back of a long queue for a bus that already had people standing ! |
| 6 | Ballymoney equalised just two minutes later when Danny Graham slid the ball to the unmarked Michael Neill who then drilled his shot into the roof of the Cookstown net . |
| 7 | Larne should have taken the lead two minutes later when a right wing cross from Fay sailed over Beck but McCourt , running in at the back post , somehow managed to steer his header wide . |
| 8 | Loreto were punished two minutes later when Adele Sloan took a delightful free on the edge of the circle for Lynsey McVicker . |
| 9 | Cascarino should have done better when he shot weakly on the turn , but was unlucky two minutes later when he struck the bar with a superb volley . |
| 10 | She has clocked a personal best that is nearly two minutes faster than her nearest rival , Katrin Dorre , of Germany . |
| 11 | And we 've not had I I must say that over the years I might have had two cases perhaps when there 's been a query with regard to that in terms of packing . |
| 12 | There were probably as good as two hours ahead when he would be among company , among conversation , in the throng , the best time of day to be out and about and in a pub , in the middle of it all , all going on , him with it . |
| 13 | That 's right but I think j I think just the fact that you 're doing psychology and then psychology again in a way I think that 's the pr I agree with you , what you 're really saying is , I mean how many people would object , or how many people would prefer to have the straight two hours rather than the two single hours ? |
| 14 | One possibility is to go to bed one to two hours later than normal each night and get up one to two hours later each morning . |
| 15 | She failed , however , and Mr Jones grabbed her and shook her , demanding to know where she had been , and why she was two hours later than he had said coming home . |
| 16 | They remembered this two hours later as they stood on the meadow in front of the big house at Fortingall , waiting for a crowd to gather . |
| 17 | It was two hours later when they returned to Leitzig 's office . |
| 18 | He was still there two hours later when the whistle went for no side . |
| 19 | For the first day or so after the flight you might find it helps to retire to bed one or two hours earlier than your normal time — but no earlier than that ! |
| 20 | The gig sold out months ago and , despite EMF 's claims to be moving away from the teeny audience , Silverfish are forced to open the show a good two hours earlier than normal to accommodate the expected exodus of punters heading for an early bedtime . |
| 21 | The milkman only ever knocks on the door to ask for his money when he 's two hours earlier than usual and he 's in a chirpy , joking and whistling mood — while you 've got an awful hangover and no loose change . |
| 22 | In fact , because of the immense size of the country , those in Melbourne can celebrate two hours earlier than everyone in Perth . |
| 23 | we had our alarm ooh after five , William called us just in case we laid late , so we was on the move ten , ten past five , so I mean we 've been on the go perhaps two hours more than anybody else and eh , and then cos when , it was just like that , but it was down here now I thought to went to that down on his and a little |
| 24 | And if firms are now hiring two part-timers rather than one full-timer , it may also explain why unemployment has started to fall earlier than expected . |
| 25 | Accordingly , he formulates a hypothetical set of computational constraints which he claims will both assess the degree of match between two views so as to choose the better one , and typically force a 3-D interpretation which is both unique and veridical . |
| 26 | Does n't it give you two policies rather than one to batter Mr Earle with , or his colleague ? |
| 27 | H pylori was identified in the gastric biopsy specimens of six of 17 ( 35% ) rheumatoid patients receiving long term gold injections plus NSAID , which is only two subjects less than the expected prevalence in such a subgroup had they taken NSAID only ; this did not change the overall statistical analyses of the study . |
| 28 | Ram-raiders used a stolen van to break into the Wineways store in Edgehill Road , Scarborough , just two months ago after bollards had been erected at the store to prevent such attacks . |
| 29 | Now that would not be what one would expect er two months ago if I 'd said well look you know that 's that 's what the revolution 's gon na bring about you would 've said I do n't believe you . |
| 30 | Dr Siddiqui caused a furore in Manchester two months ago when he asked a meeting of Muslim activists to raise their hands in agreement with the death sentence imposed on Mr Rushdie by the late Ayatollah Khomeini . |