Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd introduce you to my wife , but she 's disappeared for the umpteenth time this evening . |
| 2 | She said she 's walked for the first time and felt exhausted . |
| 3 | It seems reasonable to suggest that the natural theme we is omitted in the second sentence in order to foreground the rheme . |
| 4 | This is because in sentence ( 1a ) the referent for the pronoun they is provided within the first clause , whereas it does not become available until the beginning of the second clause in sentence ( 1b ) . |
| 5 | It 's hoped within the next two years she 'll make a full recovery , but it 's still not certain whether her marriage will ever recover . |
| 6 | So far the birds in this country are being reared solely for sale as breeding pairs , but it 's hoped in the next few years the stock will be large enough to sell the birds for their meat . |
| 7 | Mansion House has only 24 , but it 's seen as the first step to putting the University at the forefront of childcare provision . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's based on the 16th century Book of Hours where monks recorded events of the year , except we 're just covering one day . |
| 9 | Still , make sure that it 's mentioned in the next circular , lad . |
| 10 | Check out the stats on this iceblockbuster of a game when it 's reviewed in the next cool issue of ZZAP ! |
| 11 | In John Pope-Hennessey 's 1965 catalogue of the Kress Collection it is assigned to the second quarter of the sixteenth century |
| 12 | It is conceived as the first step towards a written constitution for the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | Only in this case Italians do not want to stop the flood — on the contrary , it is seen as the first real chance to clean out the corruption which is endemic in the system . |
| 14 | It is given to the first child , through no fault of its own , to disrupt what has been an exclusive , reciprocal relationship as no subsequent child has power to do . |
| 15 | The aspect of society which is seen to be most important in this respect is called the dominant instance , and Althusser and his followers argue that it is determined in the last instance by the economy . |
| 16 | If the order is unopposed it is deemed on introduction into the First House to have passed the committee stage and so the procedure is quite short ; it is repeated in the Second House . |
| 17 | Now my Lord it 's at the beginning of October things start to go wrong in erm and as it is pleaded on the first of October er , the plaintiffs were told the , in correspondence from the bank , that the financial terms that the finances that had been approved in principal , were only going to be available if security was offered in respect of a number of properties . |
| 18 | It is hung over the last ( open ) chamber of a filter , and apparently uses ultra violet frequencies that are guaranteed not to destroy filter bacteria — only to disrupt algae/hydra spores . |
| 19 | It is written in the 2nd person , a direct message to the dead friend . |
| 20 | The oral shield is rounded with an acute proximal angle , it is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields . |
| 21 | It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields . |
| 22 | It is separated from the first lateral arm plate by the wing-like adoral shields . |
| 23 | He/she must not only offer an accurate description of the death-like oppressiveness of the capitalist world as it is developing in the first half of the twentieth century , but must also depict accurately and without facile romanticism or glib sentimentality , the angry and determined political struggle of men and women refusing to acquiesce to the oppressive forces of capitalist society . |
| 24 | IT IS revered as the last word in wonderful facts , loved by schoolchildren and eggheads alike . |
| 25 | now it is worn on the third finger of the left hand where a vein of love was believed to run straight to the heart . |
| 26 | There is hope for Hector 's , but it has certainly been saved from fishing nets at the last hour , and will need all the protection and help it can get if it is to survive through the next century . |
| 27 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 28 | In any case , we will inevitably discuss coastal issues as part of our CCW/CPRW Partnership Plan when it is reviewed on the 10th of May . |
| 29 | Although it is scattered throughout the idealised version , in the original version it is confined to the first half of the story . |
| 30 | Not only does the house contain one of the most interesting ‘ collections of collections ’ , but it is surrounded by the first pleasure garden to be run entirely organically in the National Trust . |