Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] i [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 2 | He could have dropped me off the first time ! |
| 3 | My wife , Daphne , volunteered to stay and man — sorry , woman — the ramparts at home ; thus proving , not for the first time , she was far too bright to have married me in the first place . |
| 4 | ‘ I rang the airport straight away — they 've booked me on the first flight out . |
| 5 | He had had no private income , pension , or — which had surprised me in the last few years — life insurance . |