Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [prep] the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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1 | The other structures were dispersed to linger only in the imagination of designers ; in its place Conservative freedom provided London with the first of the giant company headquarters built in the style of Orwell 's Ministry of Truth — the Shell building ( 1958 ) . |
2 | Immediately afterwards , during the first Test , Canterbury met ND in the first of two top-of-the-table clashes within a fortnight . |
3 | Ray Floyd , having dumped his ball in it to help Faldo to the second of his titles , would not deem it so . |
4 | He was off target with four penalty attempts and it was his mistake that presented Malone with the second of their two tries . |
5 | They 're going to be collected alright I 'm gon na meet them halfway actually between here and Derbyshire erm at the end of November beginning of December and they are actually going , the last lorry leaves Derbyshire on the tenth of |