Example sentences of "the [num ord] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Today he was able to achieve something not done since Henry the 8th fell out with the Pope .
2 The first arose out of the practice announced in Mr. Brittan 's statement of 30 November 1983 of seeking the views of the judiciary on the tariff for a prisoner when he had been detained in custody for about three years .
3 The former British champion from Sunderland took the first step back on the road to championship level by stopping Clarkson with 65 seconds gone of the fifth round .
4 The creation of the system was interpreted by Bilson [ 1979 ] as : " … the first step back from the rugged individualism and national self-interest that lay behind the formal acceptance of flexible exchange rates at the Jamaica meetings of the International Monetary Fund in January 1976 . "
5 The first ATG in from the 5' end is located at nucleotide 234 in a sequence context favourable to translation initiation .
6 ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it .
7 ‘ That was the first stripping off of the so-called glamour that women of my age tend to cling to , not just actresses ’ .
8 It was from the first bound up with the establishment of a foreign ministry archive .
9 The two clubs are the first set up by the recreation support unit of Darlington Borough Council .
10 After being told that they could n't have children , the Smiths became the first to sign up for the ARC 1990 , which would form part of some long-term cruising .
11 His returned warranty card was the first drawn out for the month of April under a new scheme to encourage registration of pumps and a faster system of repair as featured in February 's Newsround .
12 The prizes as stated will be awarded to those readers whose correct entries are the first drawn out of the bag after the competition 's closing date .
13 And when King Rudolf the Fifth stepped out of the train , the people shouted , ‘ God save the King ! ’
14 I had been the last to get on at the previous station , so I was standing with my back wedged against the window .
15 Sam 's boat was one of the last to sail in between the old forts , and Harry , who was standing at the end of the stone quay in order to crow over the birth of his son and demand payment of his winnings , saw with a twinge of jealousy that Gristy 's ketch was well down in the water .
16 After a quick tidy-up they took the next train back to the Gare de Lyon where Monique had only twenty minutes to wait .
17 He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’
18 The next whiz round with the vacuum , oh dear Jackie 's got her new car now , then
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