Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one occasion Clara 's class purchased a pound of sausages , took them in with them , and roasted them on one of the burners , and ate them , in full scent and in fairly good view ; Mrs Hill appeared not to notice , and talked quietly on of Boyle 's law . |
| 2 | It has several aspects , including : ( a ) the range of options offered to the teacher is crucial in fitting the program to his style and enabling him to contribute effectively , but too many will be confusing ( b ) the designer may see a whole range of possible extensions to the teaching possibilities of the program : the lengthy development process of all good teaching units makes such extensions attractive but trying to include them in one program will tend to make it difficult to ‘ see through ’ and to use ( c ) the desire for compatibility with different hardware configurations often inspires programming constraints that can be severe ; conversely , programs that fully exploit the facilities of a particular microcomputer are likely to be difficult to transfer . |
| 3 | Do n't be grumpy or touchy now — you 'll be glad to see them after 26.2 miles and you want them to be happy to see you too . |
| 4 | I think that the hon. Gentleman 's colleague , the hon. Member for Antrim , North ( Rev. Ian Paisley ) came to see me about one of the cases to which he refers . |
| 5 | Nobody came to see me for three days . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got someone coming to see me at nine , ’ he said . |
| 7 | yeah yeah and fine now I think somebody 's coming to see me at eleven and then I 'm teaching from twelve til two , somebody 's coming to see me at two but a bit later on this afternoon or on Monday morning I can do |
| 8 | Only thirty people were allowed in to see me at one time . |
| 9 | My father come to see me at one holiday and the Easter time he see something happen and they did n't like him and cos all my as cabin boy . |
| 10 | I should think because I 'm doing something with some students shortly and then erm there 's somebody coming to see me at two so er |
| 11 | yeah yeah and fine now I think somebody 's coming to see me at eleven and then I 'm teaching from twelve til two , somebody 's coming to see me at two but a bit later on this afternoon or on Monday morning I can do |
| 12 | Oh you want to see me in four weeks ? |
| 13 | But er you want to see me in four weeks to see about that ? |
| 14 | I 've the head of the Board of Tourism coming to see me in five minutes . ’ |
| 15 | His cord trousers are still rolled down round his ankles and get in the way and we have to stop and turn him over and pull the trousers back up , fastening them by one button . |
| 16 | The government did indeed make new judicial arrangements for the peasantry , but it made them in 1861 . |
| 17 | Tripoli postponed the elections until February ; Ajdabiyans confidently expected them on 1 February , and after that day the chairman of the local Assembly telephoned Tripoli each afternoon to ask if he should hold the poll . |
| 18 | In the boiling midday sun , the Scots could make nothing of five minutes of first-half possession and conceded tries to Pasikale ( 2 ) and Silolota , the latter converting two . |
| 19 | Martin 's phoning me at eight o'clock . |
| 20 | My own preference when using these elite units is to mass them in a body to provide the heaviest punch possible and then unleash them against one section of the enemy line with the hope that the breakthrough will start a general rout of the enemy force . |
| 21 | But , I mean , they sell them round at Dash Hill for erm , they sell them for two hundred and fifty do n't , the shops |
| 22 | Town says that , of Britain 's 100 most prescribed drugs , he can buy 67 abroad , sell them for 20 per cent less than the NHS price , and still make anything from 3 to 300 per cent profit . |
| 23 | ‘ I met them on one of my early trips out here . ’ |
| 24 | The count led them through one of the doors into what was a very beautiful drawing-room and almost immediately a servant came in with refreshments . |
| 25 | Langton led them through two more doors , finally coming to a small room with a desk and two chairs . |
| 26 | The TV producer led them to one of the last suites on the left and a young man in pullover and jeans swung round on his chair . |
| 27 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 28 | ‘ We had heard nothing for two weeks , ’ the man said nervously . |
| 29 | We 've heard nothing until two days before it starts . |
| 30 | The staff and right leg propelled me for forty yards until the leg gave way and the injured one , without a thought , took the strain and I ended up on my hands and knees ranting and raving . |