Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Although it was only about two shillings I think it was a lot of money for her you know . |
2 | Yeah , this , this is interesting , it gets confusing perhaps because erm , I rang British Section , British Section today erm , enquiring about er , ah , there it is , were , were are we , erm enquiring about er groups having two prisoners you brought this up last time and as the result of me talking to somebody there erm , it became clear that British Section still showed us as having Sabri Lushe as a prisoner , erm and they were n't aware that we were no longer dealing with him , he 'd been released , and what they say is they usually get conformation from International Secretarium |
3 | After two pitches I suffered one of those inexplicable aberrations and instead of following the blatantly curving crack into which we had been cramming our limbs for the last 60ft I launched up an unerringly straight vertical groove above the belay . |
4 | Regular bills include a household expenses food , eating , a dress allowance and the retention of two nannies they 've |
5 | And apart from these two activities she would like to indulge in more horse-riding . |
6 | Their marriage of mind barely peeps above the surface of surviving documents , though it is plain enough in the two masterpieces they produced in 1945 , Brideshead Revisited and Animal Farm . |
7 | But of all I had read so far , nothing troubled me more than two notes I encountered towards the end of the seventh chapter . |
8 | Oh only a couple of weeks , no they were standing in the common room and she knew he was a virgin right and they were still going out and she knew he was a virgin when they first started going out and Rox goes oh so are you a virgin then erm erm James and he goes no and she was still going out with him and she knew that it was n't with her , obviously , and , and Roxy goes oh who was it then and he goes oh just two , two birds I met in erm Portugal and |
9 | Erm and yeah two birds I met in Portugal and , and then Kathy just like stormed out . |
10 | The caption read : ‘ The sign the young provocateurs agreed upon — in two minutes we shall start the attack . ’ |
11 | In two minutes we had created the excitement , fun and audience involvement that set the atmosphere for the afternoon . |
12 | Our excitement would rise ; soon we knew the names ; on the left the Lawley and Caradoc , on the right the Longmynd , and in two minutes we would be drawing up at the nerve centre Church Stretton . |
13 | He went upstairs with his wife , and in two minutes they were asleep . |
14 | So as they come in would you make a statement and then two minutes they had and that one 's just next year . |
15 | Every flipping two minutes they were coming to the toilet . |
16 | She pressed her forehead against the cool glass and for two minutes she did not move . |
17 | He , she said I dare n't leave them together two minutes she said our Liza 'll play hell out of our Alan ! |
18 | In about two minutes he had established precisely which members of C1 he was dealing with and why . |
19 | He was really on his own now , and in less than two minutes he would be flying over hostile territory . |
20 | The aircraft was seen by a reliable observer as it initiated its first overshoot ; within two minutes he had telephoned saying that the aircraft was only 50m above the ground and heading south . |
21 | After two minutes I was showered with hot tea and a selection of cakes from the next door cubicle . |
22 | ‘ In two minutes I 'm going back to the car , ’ I keep muttering . |
23 | After two minutes I believe the butcher would have followed her out of the shop had she beckoned him . |
24 | well you sit there then , I 'll come back in two minutes I , I ca n't hear what Richard and James are doing |
25 | That 's the longest two minutes I 've ever seen . |
26 | all two minutes I thought , oh she 's brought song books home , she 's keen and enthusiastic with |
27 | And also had interest last week about two minutes I sat down I was just sitting comfortable |
28 | Over two hours , this can be wearing for two minutes it 's fine . |
29 | He could hardly stand still for the two minutes it took to slip them over his blouse and he shouted at her to be quick , that Ferdinando was waiting to take him rabbit-shooting . |
30 | So for a minute you have obviously got a hundred and eighty words and for two minutes it 's double that amount . |