Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [verb] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rob Wilson 's courtesy and kindness is legendary and many years ago he indirectly helped my mother to hook her first salmon . |
| 2 | After winning his first four contests , he was outpointed , but strengthened his resolve winning his next nine , eight inside the distance , including an eight-rounds victory for the British light-middleweight title . |
| 3 | The Telegraph commented : ‘ As Sir Alf [ pictured ] watched his team begin their first game together since last November he must have felt like a yachtsman who takes the winter covers off his boat , eases it into the water and finds it has sprung leaks fore , aft and midships . ’ |
| 4 | But his disastrous 76 on Saturday cost him dearly as Zimbabwe 's Nick Price kept his head to take his first major title with a battling 70 for 278 and a three-stroke victory ahead of Faldo , John Cook , Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher Jnr . |
| 5 | This brought the West Indian 's aggregate for the two matches to 181 without being dismissed and it enabled his side to seal their second impressive nine-wicket win . |
| 6 | ‘ Jaz ’ laughed and ‘ accidentally ’ trod on my foot as he made his way to take his first throw . |
| 7 | Bush too was being realistic when he made his move to stage her first live concerts . |
| 8 | The lanky Moody rode his luck to score his second century at the highest level . |
| 9 | I started work at 16 , married a wonderful man at 20 and left my job to have my first child at 21 . |