Example sentences of "[vb past] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His concerns are moral and religious , and in certain respects , therefore , although they appear to be out of line with the literary culture of Sidonius and his sixth-century followers , they do look back to the moral response which met the first wave of the barbarian invasions . |
| 2 | Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan . |
| 3 | He then went back to Nigel 's room to see how the women were getting on — and met the first snag in the arrangements . |
| 4 | ‘ When we met the last time . |
| 5 | Frogmarched to the open rear doors , she met the fourth man coming the other way , his arms struggling to restrain the squirming , yelling child . |
| 6 | Then he picked up Darmid 's sword and met the next grypesh with a savage thrust that disembowelled it . |
| 7 | The Civil Aviation Committee met the next day and challenged two parts of the draft agreement that the Americans had inserted : the right of civil aircraft to use the US-leased bases in the Caribbean and Atlantic , and the right of US airlines to ‘ change gauge ’ in Britain , that is , switch to smaller aircraft for flights going on as part of the fifth freedom . |
| 8 | " Tell him the sun-god promised that you would be the wisest of men , " whispered the third goblin . |
| 9 | Nicolo watched as Caroline spooned the last bit of tiramisu from her dessert plate . |
| 10 | Samuel Barber 's Adagio for Strings was well enough played but lacked the last ounce of passion , and suffered badly from the aurally obtrusive air conditioning system , Randall Thompson 's Alleluya showed that the Festival Chorus on this occasion were equally as adept at unaccompanied singing as their counterparts had been last week . |
| 11 | But he posted the second letter now , before he took the Bakerloo line to Kilburn . |
| 12 | Although Hayman was over-age for recruitment , he was taken into the Diplomatic Service as a first secretary in 1954 and posted the next year to Belgrade . |
| 13 | She unlocked the next room which had stood empty for months . |
| 14 | His head bent slowly down to her , his eyes burned deeper and , held immovable , she endured the first kiss she had ever received . |
| 15 | In October he passed the first part of the examination for ordination , and afterwards could not understand how he passed . |
| 16 | Simon stayed at home working for the Bar Examination , he passed the first part quite soon just as he had predicted . |
| 17 | On 2 November , two Chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation passed the first reading of a draft law on export and import of works of art . |
| 18 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 19 | Then , his smile broadening , he passed the second file to Ellis . |
| 20 | As they passed the third cave , the golden bee flew out of the woman 's sleeve , and they saw the lightning flash and heard the thunder crack behind them . |
| 21 | A shower of jeers greeted him from the queue and , as he passed the last boy , who was just out of sight of Mr Gillis , a foot shot out , caught him on the ankle and down he went , sprawling on the wooden floor . |
| 22 | Actually I , I passed the next star test . |
| 23 | I removed the completed bowl at this stage and finished with three coats of Danish oil , the first two applied within a half an hour of each other , the final coat applied the next morning and allowed to dry until the evening . |
| 24 | Liverpool SC and Renegades shared the first leg spoils at 6–6 , and it was all square again in the second leg , which means it now goes to a three frame play-off at a date to be decided by the committee . |
| 25 | Thérèse no longer shared the first job of the day with her cousin . |
| 26 | We also hear , incidentally , that Dr Mowlam and Tory candidate Robert Goodwill shared the last waltz ( ‘ not quite cheek to cheek ’ says the gallant Goodwill ) at the Langbaurgh council 's chairman 's ball on Friday . |
| 27 | A point of interest to myself is that our driver , Howard Bounds , shared the next bed to me during my last stay in hospital . |
| 28 | Opposition parties boycotted the first day of the budget session of the Lok Sabha on Feb. 21 , and two state governors were replaced earlier in the month , in connection with the decision to impose president 's rule in Tamil Nadu in late January [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 29 | As the conflict between Milosevic and the FRY intensified [ see below ] , the Serbian delegation boycotted the first meeting in Zagreb on Oct. 12 of the committee set up under the Sept. 30 agreement to normalize relations between Croatia and the FRY . |
| 30 | The Maronite Christian parties boycotted the third round , as they had the previous two rounds . |