Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He introduced the Bill on 4th March , 1859 ; it was given a Second Reading on 18th March and passed to a Select Committee which besides himself included Hall and Stirling . |
| 2 | On 6th June , 1857 he introduced the Public Offices Extension Bill , and it was given a Second Reading on 30th June , the day that he reported the judges ' decisions , when it was referred to a Select Committee . |
| 3 | Peggy heard the laughter coming from next door before she left the woodland , and it further burst on her as she opened the kitchen door . |
| 4 | The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package . |
| 5 | You must not take risks and the idea is to hit the opposing tackler and keep the momentum going through second phase , which is not pretty to watch — and not always effective if the other team can tackle , as England showed us recently at Murrayfield . |
| 6 | ( 5 ) In this section , the expression " the winter period " means the period beginning with 1st October and ending with 31st March . |
| 7 | But this time the British four were technically superb , and had the Australians trailing in fourth place . |
| 8 | His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment . |
| 9 | Erm , we have a programme developing for next year , which we will discuss with your offices , to ensure that we use the time that we validated to your audit er , in an effective , efficient and economic manner . |