Example sentences of "two [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 2 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 3 | Shortly after two o'clock the police returned in strength . |
| 4 | Liverpool St Helens ' fall continues , a 9–6 defeat at Blackheath leaving them clamped to the bottom of Division Two just a year after they dropped out of the first division . |
| 5 | But , although the construction company 's overlord continued to stay away , a day or two later a gang of his labourers moved on to the land which surrounded her house . |
| 6 | A moment or two later a man who , from his lanky form and fine-boned features , could only be her fiancé , Lord Woodleigh , emerged , evidently doing his best to overcome a certain reluctance . |
| 7 | They were only just in time , for a minute or two later a procession appeared at the top of the hill and began to make its way slowly down . |
| 8 | '' A day or two later an earthquake shook the whole area and the same thing happened : ‘ ’ the Lord was not in the earthquake . ’ |
| 9 | A month or two later the alarm sounded again . |
| 10 | A day or two later the policeman called and was told about the strange experiences . |
| 11 | A day or two later the baby will be back , crimson-eared , or whoofing with croup . |
| 12 | " Even at one or two a.m. the night before , we were not sure we could go there , " said the Queen later . |
| 13 | We may roughly classify problems connected with fishing industries as those which are affected by very quick changes , such as uncertainties of the weather ; or by changes of moderate length , such as the increased demand for fish caused by the scarcity of meat during the year or two following a cattle plague . [ … ] |
| 14 | I remember visiting a year or two ago a project in Mexico , where an American organization had moved in and made a careful study , decided that the ideal thing for the local people to do would be to raise chickens , so they put fences up , supplied them with goodness knows how many hundred thousand chickens ; within a year they 'd killed the chickens , pulled the fences down and used them to cook the chickens and they were back exactly where they were . |
| 15 | Two twice a day . |
| 16 | Two twice a day . |
| 17 | Two twice a day . |