Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star . |
| 2 | CAPENHURST 'S safety record which last year won it a certificate of merit from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has earned it a second award this year . |
| 3 | He tells them that Claudia has written them a last message . |
| 4 | Eric has proved himself a first class performer . ’ |
| 5 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 6 | It was a joke really , because if she was one of the male officers then she would not have given it a second thought . |
| 7 | By the time I had heard it a fifth time , one of football 's most respected managers stood accused of everything from gross indecency to impotence . |
| 8 | Police revealed yesterday that Joanna had told them a second man was involved in her disappearance . |
| 9 | He had kissed her a second time . |
| 10 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 11 | If undemanding schooling methods , supplemented by hours in front of cretinous , discontinuous TV programmes , have given them a thirty-second attention span , poor linguistic skills , therefore poor conceptualising and critical powers , and a craving for instant entertainment , then it will not matter what cultural policy a government adopts . |
| 12 | Her tutors at University College have allowed her a third attempt next year but have insisted she take a year out . |