Example sentences of "a [noun] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
2 | But Harry spoke a bit the last time we went , he said So what hire a car . |
3 | On one occasion he suffered an uncontrollable ‘ outburst ’ during his sleep and reckoned it cost him a masterpiece the next morning . |
4 | Then , on Sunday evening , the pilot 's employers telephoned to say their pilot had fully recovered and was going on a course the next day in London . |
5 | I if I was a building the last thing I would want would be people gawping at me . |
6 | But our captain , who knew that part of the world very well , warned us that there would be a storm the next day . |
7 | That is never an easy way to learn , especially when you are going to give a demonstration the next day . |
8 | some , I , he wrote a biography the second part of this |
9 | Will you let me go again on the basis I made a cock-up the first time round . |
10 | If that does n't score highly enough to win a contest the next stage is to grapple on the ground until one player wins by holding down an opponent for 30 seconds . |
11 | When a beginner joins a club the first thing he will become aware of is that great emphasis is placed upon training exercises and stretching , more so in taekwondo than in most other martial arts . |
12 | That 's a Tuesday the eighth is n't it . |
13 | The second of these choices was the one that most feminists adopted , and as a result the next decade was marked by an increasing self-confidence on the part of feminists about their place in philosophy . |
14 | You know you 're gon na a er a telegram the next morning . |
15 | ‘ It was really hard , because as a rule the first one you do is the one you 'll really believe in . |
16 | One member of the 4-Skins , protesting his innocence of any B.M/N.F involvement to a journalist the next day , told a story which under less dire circumstances could rival the best of Buster Keaton in terms of pathos , slapstick and deadpan gallows humour . |
17 | I would not expect an angler to hit , or even see , every bite he has on a swing-tip the first time he uses one . |
18 | Following the birth of a child the next step after breast-feeding is school fees planning . |
19 | But usually it finishes within an hour and a half the next session . |
20 | This does n't mean you can have chips for dinner one day and a salad the next , but you should see it as more of a healthy eating approach — starting now ! |
21 | You were no more than a boy the last time I saw you … twelve , thirteen at the most . |
22 | For example , in the following sentence : Since the last time we met when we had that huge dinner Ive been on a diet the first two tone-units present information which is relevant to what the speaker is saying , but which is not something new and unknown to the listener . |
23 | No but the trouble is when I go on a diet the first place I |
24 | Did your report back ? we did n't have a meeting the first week , did we ? |
25 | Day 14 ) Not only has Dave been on a raft the last week but today — honest Dave , I 've waited two months for that 50 bucks you promised me not to reveal this , but it has not arrived — he got off the raft and walked around Upset . |
26 | There was one day when I was in Dunedin preparing a preview for a match the next day and was told that late in the afternoon Otago would be training at Carisbrook and I might there obtain their team for the morrow . |
27 | After practising this for a while the next stage was to get the wing overhead . |
28 | Everyone forms some sort of impression of a person the first time that they meet . |
29 | ‘ I live 20 minutes away from the set , but when you are working 16 hours a day the last thing you need is to be in a foreign country with a small child . |
30 | because she about three pints , the pints a day the third pint cost you thirty five P and right , a four-pinter cost you a pound and two pence a pound and two pence , now work that out . |