Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 75 I am still able to wield a pickaxe and to handle livestock around the farm , as well as lighter recreations like dinghy sailing . |
| 2 | The er Wi Witham second eleven I 'm still gon na , gon na keep that one in . |
| 3 | Before that , she worked as a secretary , but in 1972 she was really tired of a secretary 's life . |
| 4 | By the age of 30 she was still maintained on home total parenteral nutrition , and continued to vomit fluid . |
| 5 | By 1947–8 you were all more or less back in business — Furtwängler , Böhm , Knappertsbusch , and others . |
| 6 | The sales of the largest 100 US firms were nearly double the sales of the largest 100 non-US firm in 1962 ; in 1972 they were only 40 per cent more . |
| 7 | From 1972 he was also a dancing master and served as principal teacher until his final illness in 1991 . |
| 8 | In 1986/87 a farmer client sold his prize dairy herd because he found that at 67 he was too old to cope with the rigorous work involved . |
| 9 | He retired as Young Cricketers administrator in 1990. he was also connected with ? |
| 10 | By an extended tour in 1780–2 he had become known as a pianist in Paris , Strasburg , Munich , and Vienna , and in 1802 he was enthusiastically received in St Petersburg . |
| 11 | On Nov. 12 he was effectively dethroned with the election of his eldest son as King Letsie III by an assembly of chiefs [ see p. 37843 ] . |
| 12 | In 1629 he was again at the forefront of discussions on Arminianism , proposing the Thirty-nine Articles of 1562 as a basic standard of religious orthodoxy and denouncing the evil influence of Arminian advisers close to the king . |
| 13 | In September 1720 he was again at sea ‘ on the account ’ , but at the end of October , while scouting the coast of Jamaica , he was engaged and taken with little resistance by an armed trading sloop commanded by ‘ a brisk fellow , one Jonathan Barnet ’ . |
| 14 | He was named to the high court of justice in January 1649 , attending no less than fourteen of its sittings , including the occasion on which judgment was given against the king ; he did not , however , sign the death warrant , although there is no corroborative evidence for the statement that he positively refused to do so , and in 1660–1 he was clearly regarded — albeit posthumously — as having been a regicide . |
| 15 | When confronted with the excesses of the anti-French mobs in 1808 it was almost natural that such men , with fear as much as hope in their hearts , should become supporters of French rule . |
| 16 | By 1392 he was formally ‘ clerk of the council ’ and had , by shrewd organization of its records , contributed greatly to its claims to political authority . |
| 17 | On Aug. 30 he was more explicit at a press conference , urging political solutions and a calm and consistent policy to prevent escalation , and warning that " any resort to military force is unacceptable " . |
| 18 | In 1903 he was recruited to the Indian Educational Service and appointed headmaster of Karachi High School ; in 1904–6 he was also educational inspector , Sind , in addition to his duties as headmaster . |
| 19 | With × ] 2 it is just in the field with Alpha ; with × 20 it is out of the Alpha field , but much more prominent . |
| 20 | 2 It is approximately , 232,000 metres from Barbados to Tobago . |
| 21 | After the old maypole was taken down in October 1985 it was sadly missed , especially when the ex-president of the maypole committee , Amos Clapham ( of coal race fame ) , died . |
| 22 | Hence in 1985 it was quite a simple choice : the prospect of a summer working outdoors won easily . |
| 23 | Frederick 's patronage and admiration for his work persuaded the artist to travel to London , where , in 1728 he was duly rewarded with an official appointment as portrait painter to the prince . |
| 24 | 22 It is also worthwhile considering whether exhibitions should be set up elsewhere , close to the area/s most affected by the exhibition proposals . |
| 25 | In 1947–8 he was chief of staff , Western Command ; in 1949–50 he was again employed , briefly , on secret planning ; and he retired in 1951 . |
| 26 | In 1816 a Special Commission resolved that Biisk was obsolescent , and by 1825 it was no longer on the list of active fortresses . |
| 27 | At 10 I am still dishevelled , curled in the vinyl armchair of this rented flat and reading . |
| 28 | These refer to the Argos catalogue , a big hit with the under-5s I 'm reliably informed . |
| 29 | ‘ When I first come to Paris in 1979 I am desperately lonely . |
| 30 | By 1991 she was practically housebound and doctors first assessed her for a heart and lung transplant . |