Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [pron] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says they told us to wait for two hours which we did then they told us to wait another hour and a half . |
| 2 | The two speeches which I have just analysed are probably the two greatest ones in the play as they both change the storyline dramatically , but Marc Antony 's speech having the better effect on the plebeians which seems unfair , as he was dishonest and Brutus was n't , yet he won the ‘ word ’ battle and lead on from there to become greater and greater in power . |
| 3 | But just to consider one or two aspects which we mentioned earlier on as being important to us . |
| 4 | Shortly before this stage — around the tenth year but with a wide variability — the hypothalamus , a small area at the base of the brain , somehow " triggers " a small gland just below it ( the pituitary gland ) into producing two hormones which it has not previously produced . |
| 5 | The theme has the two elements which we picked out earlier . |
| 6 | Two organisations which we visited further emphasised the " non-regularity " of their temporary workers ' employment by not guaranteeing them any fixed number of hours per week — they were contracted to work " as and when required " — and this , of course , provided them with an important , additional source of flexibility . |
| 7 | As a result , the evidence for this second stage in the history of marriage depends entirely on the two assumptions which we have already noted . |
| 8 | Because we did n't know where in the brain any changes might occur , or very much about chick brain anatomy ( nor , it should be said , did anyone else at the time ) , we divided the forebrain arbitrarily into two regions which we called simply ‘ roof ’ and ‘ base ’ . |
| 9 | Miss Broome — Ianthe — the vicar 's sister-in-law — Prudence , Jenny , was it ? — or one of those fashionable names that often seemed so unsuitable for their bearers — and two men whom he had not seen before . |
| 10 | His two daughters who he 'd never really done anything for — expecting them to look after him . |
| 11 | It had two lids which you closed once you were in , and instead of bullets , it fired rockets . |