Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [pron] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to the unasked question she handed them the last cans . |
| 2 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 3 | Jonathan always thinks that what he says is so fantastic that he 's got to say it twice in case you missed it the first time round . |
| 4 | The reasons for the widespread development of the particular form of alphabetic literacy evident in Greece must clearly be sought in the social structure ; Goody and Watt , however , insist that ‘ considerable importance must surely be attributed to the intrinsic advantages of the Greek adaptation of the Semitic alphabet , an adaptation which made it the first comprehensively and exclusively phonetic system tor transcribing human speech ’ ( ibid. pp. 40–1 ) . |
| 5 | Boston ( 1086–1113 ) too is a planted town , its plan related to the curving banks of the River Witham along which came the trade which made it the second most prosperous town after London by 1206 . |
| 6 | Phrasal verbs come in for more attention with Phrasal Verbs Organiser from LTP ( by the man who gave us the First Certificate Organiser ) , while HarperCollins is publishing a Phrasal Verbs Workbook to accompany its dictionary . |
| 7 | It sounds to me with me being they got him the first the the their victims . |
| 8 | ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’ |
| 9 | I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess . |
| 10 | Thus the fourth-seeded Soutter gained revenge over the player who denied her the last place in England 's world-title winning team this year , with a hint that her rehabilitation might now be complete . |