Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your opponent is allowed the first turn , and will almost always begin by picking up two different cards , say an ace and a six . |
| 2 | They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath . |
| 3 | Witnesses working near the river bank in Gloucester where a body was found the next day , told the jury at Bristol Crown Court of hearing screams . |
| 4 | Her body was found the next February and a man , hospital radiographer Frederic Blancke , was charged with murder . |
| 5 | Allies and Morrison won the second prize of £1,500 and Peter Clash was awarded the third prize of £1,000 . |
| 6 | With an exciting Essex run chase in prospect , play was abandoned without a ball being bowled the second washout of the match , and Lancashire 's fourth in the Championship this season after their rain-ruined trip to Aigburth . |
| 7 | The quantities U , q and w are related by the equation This mathematical relationship is called the first law of thermodynamics . |
| 8 | The procedure was repeated the next day , 24 February , the Germans suffering unexpectedly high casualties but remorselessly , if slowly , pushing the French back . |
| 9 | It was obviously much easier during the Kaiser 's war when a short sharp Court Martial was followed by the offender being shot the next morning . |
| 10 | Milk , after the baby is born the first time the baby actually has to digest its own food it has to process the food that it takes in , what 's in milk ? |
| 11 | The young dog was shot the next day . |
| 12 | A special chart can be drawn by the parents showing the days of the week and every night the child has a dry bed a special sticker is awarded the next morning for the child to stick on the chart . |
| 13 | The Wensleydale-born man was elected the first president of the Society by those gathered in the watchmaker 's shop in 1835 and held that post until his death in 1858 . |
| 14 | Thibaut was considered the second most powerful man in France after the king . |
| 15 | Endill was tired the next day but slept underneath the floorboards in History class . |
| 16 | If blood pressure is elevated the first question must be ‘ Am I using the correct size cuff ? ’ |
| 17 | There was , of course , no such safety problem , as the safety inspector subsequently confirmed , and the steward was given the first of the warning notes , as planned . |
| 18 | The radio was reclaimed the next morning . |
| 19 | ‘ His pass was confiscated the next day and that meant he could n't get into the base to work and lost his job . |
| 20 | Had the system been accepted the first commercial power satellite might have been in operation by 2010 . |
| 21 | The patient was discharged the next day . |
| 22 | Kinloch stood as the Whig candidate in the election that followed , and in December of that year was elected the first MP for the borough . |
| 23 | The switchboard was jammed the first night I wore them — it really is odd the little things that bring an instant response . |
| 24 | She did , and my appendix was removed the next morning . |
| 25 | This leaven was added the next time baking bread was done . |
| 26 | A hasty cut and stitch job by the Italian organisers restores Arab pride when a five-pointer was unfurled the next day . |
| 27 | This AGREEMENT is made the 29th day of January 1988 |
| 28 | This AGREEMENT is made the 29th day of January 1988 |
| 29 | THIS AGREEMENT is made the 13th day of February one thousand nine hundred and ninety in Ghent |
| 30 | THIS AGREEMENT is made the twenty-third day of November , one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine |