Example sentences of "[vb past] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remarried women contributed a third to that increase in births . |
| 2 | The growth of multinational corporations provided a second spur to Eurocurrency business . |
| 3 | At 29 , the head Raider does not appear to accept that his best years are behind him , bad news perhaps for Jonathan Davies , for whom the press conference provided a first glimpse of a man whose reputation travels before him . |
| 4 | When Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double , who was that trainer ? |
| 5 | When Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double , who was the trainer ? |
| 6 | Nick , let's put to you the three questions ; when Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double — who was that trainer ? |
| 7 | This provided a third source of information for BRAC on the effectiveness of its programme . |
| 8 | She cast a last fleeting look around the room . |
| 9 | She cast a last anguished look around , imprinting the details of the woodland glade on her memory . |
| 10 | Despite the record unpopularity of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , the 2,500 delegates gave him a warm reception as he promised a third consecutive PCP victory in the federal elections due in 1993 . |
| 11 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 12 | In Zborowski 's apartment in Nice , Modigliani drew a second portrait of Germaine , very similar , only this time she was wearing a black dress . |
| 13 | Lemert ( 1967 ) proposed a second component to the ‘ amplification spiral ’ — what he called ‘ secondary deviance ’ : a consequence of being officially labelled ‘ deviant ’ is that other people come to regard the labelled person differently , as a different kind of person . |
| 14 | During talks in Moscow in February 1986 the Iranian Foreign Minister proposed a second conference on Afghanistan , independent of the Geneva conference , which would be attended by Iran , Pakistan , the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahidin . |
| 15 | Every time BBCBASIC(Z80) encountered a FOR , REPEAT , GOSUB , FN or PROC statement it " pushes " the return address on to a " stack " and every time it encountered a NEXT , UNTIL , RETURN statement or the end of a function or procedure it " pops " the latest return address of the stack and goes back there . |
| 16 | I incurred a second funeral director 's bill the same week as I paid off the first . |
| 17 | In Germany and the Benelux countries , profits rose a fifth , but in Britain recession caused a fall of a tenth . |
| 18 | The broadcasting levy paid to the Government rose a third to £4.8m . |
| 19 | Morrissey , in particular , found a second artistic release in his talent for dominating interviews . |
| 20 | Then , remembering her damaged thumb , she went back and examined the top rail , exclaiming aloud in excitement as she found a second thread clinging to the rough wood . |
| 21 | I wriggled down underneath the contraption and found a fourth , barely alive . |
| 22 | When police raided his house , they found a fifteenth century Bastiano which he 'd stolen from a gallery in Venice last week . |
| 23 | Connelly was about to push the door when it was opened from the inside and he found a third man there . |
| 24 | In some places metal sinks and is covered over so quickly that even Victorian losses can be out of range ; at the other end of the scale I found a 14th century key in a wood , that came up from a depth of only 2 inches . |
| 25 | On third Reading , he moved a second amendment to make racially discriminatory behaviour by the police a specific disciplinary offence . |
| 26 | He conscientiously pinched the opposite fold of her sweet vulva , and fastened a second peg to her . |
| 27 | Pilkington reported a first half profit before tax of £15.1m ( v £50.6m ) . |
| 28 | Argyll Group reported a first half profit before tax of £205m ( v £178m ) . |
| 29 | National Home Loans reported a first half loss before tax of £85.9m ( v £10m profit ) ; there will be no dividend . |
| 30 | Royal Insurance reported a first half loss before tax of £79m ( v £97m ) ; its dividend was reduced from 11.25p to 2p . |