Example sentences of "and the [num ord] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I was very young I had frequent dreams of Israel and the River Jordan , although I had never been there , and the first word I spoke was ‘ Abba ’ — the Jewish word for father . |
| 2 | So I 've got me jeans on and the first word I says to him is so why have you shaved your moustache off Dave ? |
| 3 | ‘ The scientists said , ‘ Oh , beware of the chiggers ’ , and the first day we went out , in our shorts and flip-flops , looking up in the trees for these chiggers — we thought they might be big furry things . |
| 4 | no cos it can , apparently it can get like that , sort of all yelling and shouting and and the first day I was there I was s sitting there sitting and stuffing envelopes |
| 5 | And the first day you arrive you contrive to get hold of this ! |
| 6 | We sat on its terrace overlooking the harbour , watching the sky blush rose-red and devouring plum oysters , crabs , and langoustines caught that same day — and the first snails I have ever had that did not taste like bits of black rubber boot fried in garlic and olive oil . |
| 7 | Her bedspread is frilled pink with white flowers , and the first things you notice on entering her room are a full-length mirror and an exercise bike , which she says she rarely uses . |
| 8 | ‘ My father bought the estate before the war for the milk , not ever intending to go there , but then when the war came we lived there , from about 1942 when I was four and the first things I remember in life were from there . ’ |
| 9 | It was a turning point in their lives and the first contact they had ever had with such youngsters . |
| 10 | And the first night I arrived there , there was no one even to greet me . |
| 11 | But Fate took a hand , as it has a habit of doing , and the first person I encountered in the hut was Barbara , who was putting the final touches to her make-up before going to the dance herself . |
| 12 | And the first person I danced with was ‘ him ’ . |
| 13 | . And the first trench we went in , the communication trench was . |
| 14 | The application by Mr. Wadsworth on behalf of the appellants to adduce fresh evidence before this court is for the purpose of explaining the appellants ' apparently defiant behaviour towards the judge , and the first question we have to address our minds to is whether that evidence should be admitted . |
| 15 | Cecilia opened the small red book and the first name she saw was Bleech-Palmer . |
| 16 | Er and the first gentleman I 'd like to call on er is Mister Anthony who is our Marketing Director to give us a market overview and assessment of the product opportunity . |
| 17 | You 're then taken down into the operating theatre and the first injection you are given is usually something on the lines of erm er special K , ketomine or the most common one is |
| 18 | And I was running it and the first week I got there , and one guy turned up . |
| 19 | " The soldiers went out and the first creature they found was Rabscuttle , grazing on the hill-top . |
| 20 | McKenzie was urged to play a season with the Randwick Colts ( under-20 ) and the first player he met was a burly hooker called Kearns , who like Farr-Jones , was unable to win a first XV team berth at prestigious Newington College . |
| 21 | They plan a tour of Britain to familiarise themselves with the British style and the first place they wish to stop is Dundee for the game with United . |
| 22 | I know , because after the war ended , and all the telephones went dead , my father , my brother Joseph and Cousin David went in the truck to find out what was happening , and the first place they went was Ogdentown . |
| 23 | In the summer of 1991 , I had another mink film to make — this time for Wildlife on One — and the first place I thought of was the logjam on the River Usk . |
| 24 | Oh I was and I used to go , and the first place I went to , let me think , it was Dunoon . |
| 25 | So I was taken in and the first job I was taken , by this young fella , eighteenish , big chap to me , but he said , Come on young'un , this is what you 've got ta do . |
| 26 | He had his top brass coming in from Washington to look at the operation and the first thing they 'd see at Filanta Court was this 30-foot PLO radio mast . |
| 27 | The orphans were hungry as well as tired , and the first thing they did when they got to the disused school in Malvern where they 'll be based was to tuck into a slap-up meal . |
| 28 | ‘ The traders asked us to regenerate the area and the first thing they do is criticise , ’ he said . |
| 29 | And the first thing they do th they go to the wo er er bo the boss of the firm where they work for and want more money ! |
| 30 | Right okay what he is saying is erm that first of all the peasants hit the landlords politically erm and the first thing they wanted to do was smash the political prestige and power of the landlord class erm without victory in this struggle no victory is possible in the economic struggle to reduce rent and interest er to secure land and other factors of production . |