Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adj] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He asked for one last Christmas and I insisted even though Barry — Mr Tuckett — thought it a bit childish . ’ |
| 2 | SCOTLAND moved into joint second place in their World Cup qualifying group last night with a 3-0 win over Malta in front of 35,000 fans at Ibrox . |
| 3 | Newport3 NEWBRIDGE moved to joint third place in the Heineken League with their ninth win in an ill-tempered game where David Roberts , the Newbridge flanker , and Frank Hillman , the Newport prop , were sent off midway through the second half for fighting . |
| 4 | The time devoted to this first rehearsal depends on the budget allowed for the show , with Musicians ' Union rates prevailing . |
| 5 | The number of walkers on the West Highland Way rose to 90,000 last year , generating income in local communities , but the visitors also brought problems of erosion and litter . |
| 6 | The first is that unemployment rose by 53,000 last Thursday and the second is that the Government cut their training budget by £171 million last Friday . |
| 7 | The 1967 victory was an emotion-charged event , bringing de Vicenzo the title he richly deserved after four third places and a second , and the result the public wanted . |
| 8 | ‘ We were rather brusque and offhand with her when she came in that first time , ’ Waterman remembered . |
| 9 | The combined force of the UVF/UFF has claimed six lives in Belfast compared to 11 last year . |
| 10 | This chapter concentrates on the feedback which BRAC received concerning this first phase . |
| 11 | When they returned with one last load Bicker stopped them -from going out for more . |
| 12 | Their standards of excellence won them the award for best staff restaurant , and they finished in joint second place overall out of all the shops , cafes , hotels , restaurants and canteens in the district . |
| 13 | Ryder Cup star Steven Richardson finished in joint third while world number one Nick Faldo , seeking a fourth successive European tour victory , had to be content with joint 17th place . |
| 14 | I returned from that first Manhattan holiday aglow with the pleasure of new friends acquired in New York 's radio circles , and , of course , a large autographed photo of Jessica for Fred Workman . |
| 15 | The archiepiscopal and clerical contribution to these reforms was very largely limited to issuing further decrees of excommunication against Gaveston , if he returned from this third exile , and against violators of the Ordinances . |
| 16 | , Frederick Winston Furneaux , second Earl of Birkenhead ( 1907–1975 ) , biographer , was born 7 December 1907 at 70 Eccleston Square , London , the only son and second of three children of Frederick Edwin Smith [ q.v. ] , known always as ‘ FE ’ , who became in 1922 first Earl of Birkenhead , and his wife Margaret Eleanor , second daughter of the Revd Henry Furneaux , fellow of Corpus Christi College , Oxford . |
| 17 | Travis straightened from one last study of the map , tucking it inside his shirt and pocketing a compass that he must have found on the plane too . |
| 18 | Again we talked about this last week , fifty weeks of the year you toil and you look forward to your holiday months in advance , you then take your holiday and somehow it recharges your batteries so that you 're ready to do battle again for the next fifty weeks . |
| 19 | As pumps improved , Crookes got lower pressures than Faraday had been able to do ; and eventually he discovered cathode rays , which he interpreted as this fourth state . |
| 20 | I know that Basil saw no simple future at the end of human life because we talked of this last summer ; neither can I. But I do believe that we live in a world whose climate of thought and feeling is created by human beings , many of whom have lived before us , often but little recognised . |
| 21 | I think I settled upon this last gesture as my train stopped at Greenwich this morning . |
| 22 | When they were all sitting cross-legged in the corridor , huddled in their blankets , staring wide-eyed at the two tough looking armed figures he realised they must present , Grant called in one last time to Springfield . |
| 23 | The Willow Trust Novices Hurdle Race … was good … it started at 5-1 second favourite in the betting but at the off the money had piled on to make it 3-1 … |
| 24 | In 1987 , I founded by prestigious First Turkey of the Christmas Season award and gave it to the British banker who had lent ( and lost ) £500,000 to a penniless student for him to play stock market futures . |
| 25 | His head turned to me , just the way Mrs Quigley 's had done when she passed on that first message from my dad . |
| 26 | He made over fifty first ascents of peaks between the Jotunheim and the North Cape . |
| 27 | He agreed to one last tour only after lengthy soul-searching at home . |
| 28 | Sales of Housing Executive homes to tenants amounted to 3,191 last year , down on 4,120 the previous year . |
| 29 | The plans we announced on twenty seventh July to demerge Doulton and float Camco are already underway . |
| 30 | Yeah , I thought about that last night try and be quieter |