Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 About half past eight I would feed my horse and then have my breakfast .
2 ‘ Advice to Sophronia ’ describes the woman as a decayed beauty of fifty-five who ought to prepare herself for a ‘ Virgin Grave ’ .
3 So I used to go for it , just in case , and nine times out of 10 he 'd find me .
4 This is a good idea , especially for those over the age of six who may feel they are getting a little sophisticated for other parties .
5 Er nine out of ten you can see it .
6 If you ask for clarification then nine times out of ten you will get it .
7 Caro Hunt says that at the age of five he could beat her and it was then she realised he had a lot of promise .
8 Marks out of two he 'd give it one .
9 You know you can do it you can do the fractions and once you 've turned it into twelfths you can do it .
10 Okay so that 's nought along here going up in twos I 'll let you do that for for hundreds .
11 At the other end of the scale , Plymouth Laira gained a small fleet of Class 37s which rarely ventured away from the West Country china clay empire , although a new trainload working was introduced in 1989 which would take them twice a week up to Irvine in South West Scotland .
12 We need we need four like that four quarters that 's good and then for each one of those when we 've cut it in two it would give us two of the new pieces so every one of those four would give us two new pieces how many would we have altogether then ?
13 Sixty to eighty you can feel it at pulse point , ca n't you , here , here , we 'll show you so more in a minute , okay ?
14 When that big hand gets up to twelve you can have it on .
15 Half past four to five you can bring it in .
16 At 8.30 you 'll take your places for a three-course meal which will include Smoked salmon .
17 If you rise up in the stirrups when I say one and sink down at two you 'll find you stay with it . ’
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