Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , I am going to spend another two minutes telling you why I have always loved trains and railways . |
| 2 | The officers spent two hours telling her of the concern expressed by police and welfare authorities in England about the way Gemma had been left . |
| 3 | For example , a Phantom may only be able to stay airborne for something like an hour and three-quarters , two hours using it 's own fuel but with a tanker there we can keep them topped virtually well , obviously until we run out of fuel and for much , much longer . |
| 4 | She was too shaken with sobs to risk driving so she sat there for two hours weeping her heart out while neighbours and passers-by studiously ignored her obvious distress . |
| 5 | But would she say spend about two hours doing it ? |
| 6 | The two dealers signed two contracts formalising their agreement and agreeing to split profits above Pellequer 's asking price of FFr 28.5 million . |
| 7 | In what many observers regarded as a further example of the new censorship , Gosteleradio on Feb. 1 withdrew from Radio Russia two frequencies giving it an audience throughout the Soviet Union , and assigned to it instead a frequency on which it could reach only 60 per cent of the population and which reduced the quality of reception . |
| 8 | The Eling tide mill , south of Totton at the mouth of Bartley Water , is an eighteenth-century brick mill with two waterwheels driving its machinery . |
| 9 | There were two clients waiting who had to be sent away . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Some swine stole her and ran her on to a coral reef , ’ I said , ‘ and I 'm spending the next two months mending her . ’ |
| 11 | Bishops have slipped in the last two months following their excellent run around the turn of the year , and Dunn is looking for points to lift his side into the top half of the table . |
| 12 | Although I did not care for her looks , the yacht-like appearance had great potential for undercover work and after about two months working her around the Solent and Poole area I was quite impressed . |
| 13 | The pictures , together with the museum staff and the two guards accompanying them , were turfed off from the train because the guards lacked permits to carry weapons on Latvian territory . |
| 14 | PC Zissler said : ‘ We scoured the building until Tracey spotted two eyes watching us from behind a pile of papers . |
| 15 | Two parties presenting themselves as an alliance will , it is true , fare better than if they campaign separately . |
| 16 | He closed the two feet separating them in one angry stride and caught her white face between his hands , his gaze savage , ‘ You think hearing you say you love me embarrasses me ? ’ |
| 17 | Did we not recently see riots on the streets of Moscow , with two factions fighting it out ? |
| 18 | American Jack Woodruff favoured Whitaker 115–113 , but with two judges calling it even , the fight finished a draw . |
| 19 | American Jack Woodruff favoured Whitaker 115–113 , but with two judges calling it even , the fight finished a draw . |
| 20 | The future of a major logging , pulp and paper project planned for the Merauke area of Irian Jaya ( west Papua ) has been put in doubt after the withdrawal of one of the two companies supporting it . |
| 21 | Diadora , a brand more familiar to football players , is aiming to make an impact among runners with two shoes offering its new Double Action technology . |
| 22 | Then , with two Arabs pushing him and two pulling , he was bundled slowly up the high stones of the Pyramid to the summit . |
| 23 | Our first Diary reported his offer of a £1000 bet on Fallon to win ; without takers and with the benefit of two weeks canvassing he 's upping it to £2000 , at odds of 8–11 . |
| 24 | On one occassion he had made a huge crossbow , hoping to throw himself to the mainland , but the elastic snapped , sending him backwards into the school and he had spent two weeks finding his way out . |
| 25 | But stand-in skipper McAllister took all this flak in his assured stride and said : ‘ That 's two weeks running we 've been rubbish because Graeme Souness tried to make out Liverpool were the better side after the Charity Shield . |
| 26 | Lisa Fletcher spent two weeks studying their language when Acklam Sixth Form College shipped its A-level French students across the North Sea . |
| 27 | THE New Zealand Dairy Board has been touring Europe over the past two weeks pressing its case for continued access to the British dairy market . |
| 28 | had the two places going you see . |
| 29 | Ellcock plans to spend two years pursuing his interest in flying ( he already has a pilot 's licence ) and furthering his education . |
| 30 | He spent a further two years perfecting his technique at Colorado University . |