Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I ca n't say that I 've really earned this , ’ said John , taking a cup , ‘ but perhaps I can be forgiven my first day . |
| 2 | I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods . |
| 3 | Indeed , I did not deserve so kind a one , but by this time you have received my last . |
| 4 | For instance , when I first started writing , and had completed my first novels , I was not allowed to sign a contract for it . |
| 5 | they 're broken My last one |
| 6 | I have capriciously given my second preference to a candidate of the Communist Party . |
| 7 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 8 | I have irresponsibly given my first preference to a candidate of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party . |
| 9 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |
| 10 | I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates who , if not exactly " worthless " , know as well as I do they have no chance of being elected . |
| 11 | I have pricked my first blister , squeezed out the fluid , and dabbed it with surgical spirit . |
| 12 | If I had read a dozen Somerset Maugham books about colonial clubs in remote settlements , I could n't have bettered my first impression of Tala-Tala 's Union Jack Club . |
| 13 | I had won my first major title . |
| 14 | I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've enjoyed my first year as a pro despite everything , ’ he says . |
| 16 | The quantity and variety of reading and writing , the mathematical ideas and vocabulary , the competence shown by many children in instrumental music , physical education , art and light crafts would have amazed my first class of children , and their teachers too . |
| 17 | Once I had sucked my third of a pint of milk dry I picked up my books and returned to the lecture theatre . |
| 18 | ‘ Meaning that I should have trusted my first impressions of you . ’ |
| 19 | But I was married with a baby then , and , in 1949 , this was considered my first duty . |
| 20 | It has also just won its second national training award . |
| 21 | The insult was particularly deep because the year before , Cagliari had won its first and only Italian championship . |
| 22 | Fujitsu Ltd has won its first supercomputer order in the US since it entered the market under its own name in March last year rather than through Amdahl Corp : it will lease a VPX220 model to the Geco-Prakla Inc oil exploration unit of Schlumberger Ltd , which will use it for seismic mapping of underground oil deposits ; the value was not given . |
| 23 | After operating in the Czech and Slovak republics for the past 18 months , Leeds accounting software supplier Coda Ltd has not only won its first contract in Hungary , but also decided to open an office in Budapest , which began trading on April 1 . |
| 24 | MIDDLESBROUGH offshore business Northern Ocean Services has won its first major contract in seven years of operating from the former Smiths Docks site . |
| 25 | CCG has won its first major contract with BT Marine Ltd to provide catering and housekeeping services on board the 4,750 ton support ship the MV Discovery . |
| 26 | CCG HAS won its first offshore contract with BP Exploration , a multi-million pound contract to provide quality hotel standard service for personnel involved in the hook-up of two platforms in the North Sea 's Bruce Field . |
| 27 | In-form at the moment at the Tyneside track is Deneview Dipper , which has won its last two races , including an A1 event last Saturday night . |
| 28 | The Battersea group have just successfully organised their fourth ‘ Embassy crawl ’ or sponsored walk on Saturday 19 October . |
| 29 | The clash between the demands of the Welfare State and Britain 's desire to regain her position as a great power had claimed its first victim ! |
| 30 | The new status system for racing under SARA rules has claimed its first victim . |