Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spend so much time immersed in unglamorous stuff — transient and trivial details that vanish and reappear to be done again the next moment . |
| 2 | Many women say cleaning is boring : you do it one day and there it is to be done again the next . |
| 3 | In the unpublished ‘ Epilogue ’ to that work , we learn that Shadowfax will be saved too , to be taken on the last ship from the Havens to Aman , simply because Gandalf could not bear the parting . |
| 4 | If you have n't got one of these to hand , perhaps we could arrange for one to be taken over the next few months . |
| 5 | But he emphasizes very strongly that in no way does this mean that there is no longer scope for their further development , or that their return to profitability is a flash in the pan , to be reversed whenever the next downturn comes . |