Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Clough 's only moment of inspiration came after just two minutes when he superbly threaded through a pass to utilise the blistering acceleration of White .
2 then in two minutes flat he was waving his hat
3 Two minutes later they are flying a flat trajectory , tiny white caps flecking the sea way below , and Paul breathes .
4 Steve Gaughan mustered his side 's first real effort after 35 minutes , a long range shot which Nigel Adkins saved at the foot of his post , but two minutes later they were almost level when a powerful Nick Cusack header from an Andy Toman cross was going into the bottom corner until Adkins somehow pushed the ball away .
5 Two minutes later we heard Danny 's voice again .
6 Two minutes later I could hardly hear myself , so I smiled ( less warmly , I admit ) and suggested that the time had come for walkies .
7 Two minutes later he 's back carrying the bag .
8 After three minutes , Byrne glanced the ball narrowly wide and two minutes later he saw his header cleared off the line by Stockwell .
9 Two minutes later he was over the top and out of danger .
10 Er and if he 'd of walked up to John two minutes later he probably would n't have made it because we had a right erm but we did feel there had to be some initials .
11 Penaud dived on the ball to score and two minutes later he squeezed through a struggling defence for a second try with third-phase ball .
12 And about two minutes later he knocked on the door did n't he ?
13 Yes , and an astute decision by Milton 's manager , Keith Stocks , saw substitute Brian Marlan brought on in the sixty eighth minute and two minutes later he was all smiles as he headed home Nigel Mott 's cross to break the deadlock .
14 Now it is only his second touch of the ball , two minutes later it could have been two nil ; as Ian Beechey found Nigel Mott in space , he rounded the Rayner 's keeper , but Hanger Hines cleared it off the line .
15 And less than two minutes later she was sleeping as peacefully as the five-year-old child in the bedroom next door .
16 Two minutes later she was tapping on his office door , clutching to her bosom the file of notes and sketches that she had been working on with such enthusiasm all week .
17 ‘ It 's all cold , ’ she complains , then two minutes later she 's back eating it like she just sat down at the table .
18 cos about two minutes later she come back with it
19 Basically you will listen for maybe seven minutes then you switch off for two minutes then you switch on again and then you try and think well what was I listening to seven minu well you know , three minutes ago what was probably said in the last two minutes .
20 Now here are two cases where we think " the " should have been used ( __ indicates where we would put " the " ) :
21 In two cases where he executed designs by Hawksmoor , the Clarendon Building ( 1712–15 ) and the north quadrangle of All Souls ( 1716–35 ) , he had submitted alternative proposals himself ; and at Christ Church library ( 1717–38 ) he acted as Clarke 's architectural amanuensis , drawing out his designs as well as executing them .
22 I don' think er that women mind at all , I do n't think that that people in general really take that much notice of it , I mean I personally er have no objection or would not try and dissuade these gentlemen from wearing these things , but I personally would never wear one , and one of the reasons I would never wear one is apart from maybe two cases there you can always tell , and I think the thing is that when I would feel very uncomfortable walking down the street and everyo I 'd feel that everyone was there going wig , wig and the other thing is , there 's a young lady at the back there made a very valid point , er
23 I knew I would n't get back in two hours when I was overtaken by a hopping rabbit .
24 Except for the two hours when you went out and drove round to Boundary Drive . ’
25 When the recovery crew arrived two hours later they found the capsule was filling with water from the seven foot swell .
26 Two hours later they pushed their way out from the cover of the trees into a tiny clearing no more than a handful of yards across .
27 Two hours later we were being whisked by téléphérique out into the afternoon sunshine , and watched the other skiers disappear .
28 Two hours later we were back at the Aiguille du Midi .
29 Two hours later we were in his office .
30 Two hours later we weighed anchor , drew out into the dirty , oil-stained river and moved slowly downstream along London 's crowded waterfront , passing other ships , docks , warehouses , cranes , wagons and lorries , and all the come and go of men associated with the sea .
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