Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adj] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most important point to be made about postverbals is to distinguish them from the adjectives in the last remaining position , the extraclausal adjectives , which occur in an identical sequence of syntactic elements , but which correspond to a different surface structure as in : ( 45 ) the two reformers persevered undaunted two stagehands appeared , breathless They have the different intensional structure : |
| 2 | In the evening , a man from the group shot dead two brothers at their own public house in the townland of Tannaghmore . |
| 3 | On Dec. 10 , French forces shot dead two Somalis and wounded seven aboard a truck which drove through a roadblock . |
| 4 | The results are also adversely affected by the costs of meeting enhanced safety requirements and a switch of accounting date to November , the 14-month period bearing the full costs of a non-income producing extra two months . |
| 5 | Consider , in this light , the contrasts in ( 17 ) and ( 18 ) , each presenting two sets of data ; the first set includes an adverbal adjective ; the second contains a predicate qualifying adjective , as indicated by the identity of the appropriate questions : ( 17 ) Ellen shook loose the keys what did Ellen do to the keys ? how did Ellen shake the keys ? the thief produced unharmed the goat what did the thief do to the goat ? how did the thief produce the goat ? ( 18 ) the raiders shot dead two vigilantes what did the raiders do to the vigilantes ? how did the raiders shoot the vigilantes *Andrew wants milky his coffee what does Andrew do to his coffee ? how does Andrew want his coffee ? |