Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you can SKIM , which involves just reading the first sentence of every paragraph and anything prominent or highlighted ( in this case , it is the general sense and flow of the book you are trying to absorb ) . |
| 2 | Club member Harry Porter ( born 1902 ) was six when the course opened and he remembers dimly walking the first hole with the crowd . |
| 3 | Grace Carter , a DCR member , is pictured above wearing the first batch of badges as she chats to Mary Jordan about the idea . |
| 4 | She might come away understanding the first part of the company 's title , but not the second . |
| 5 | The announcement came as a shock because they and other political observers had expected Mr Ben Ali to announce moves towards liberalisation in a speech he gave yesterday marking the second anniversary of his coming to power . |
| 6 | I only became aware of the truth when in July Grace wrote from the front to let me know that Charlie was being sent home following the second battle of the Marne . |
| 7 | What she was thinking was that , unlike her memory block with Arnie , she could n't imagine ever forgetting the first time she 'd laid eyes on Guido . |