Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Association meets regularly on the first Friday of each month , at the RE Centre , when mass is said by our chaplain , Fr. |
| 2 | Spenser dwells longest on the first , revealing it filled with ‘ infinite shapes of things dispersed thin' ( II , IX , 50 ) . |
| 3 | We finally gave up , agreeing that it was perhaps an old Dutch ritual performed always on the last night of a holiday . |
| 4 | The K2s got away on the second attempt . |
| 5 | Nails pulled furiously on the last of his cigarette , threw it down and stamped on it . |
| 6 | It could be argued that had England scored faster on the second day they would have won comfortably , but having controlled the game from the beginning they were desperately unlucky to lose out to the weather ; and for the fans listening at home it was especially frustrating that it was a beautiful evening in England . |
| 7 | Heather went there on the tenth of September , you know , to see Rex Cunningham . ’ |
| 8 | Improved morale would also make possible organizational advances outside parliament , all linked to the issue of Ulster , and with the sights fixed firmly on the next election , an election that would make or break the Union , the Empire and Law 's leadership of the party . |
| 9 | yes I see , I think er unfortunately doctor I in this particular case I ought to make an order for certificate for counsel erm in the current , in respect of the costs incurred below on the thirteenth of August seems to me do er the proper kind of case in which to instruct counsel . |
| 10 | Things change dramatically on the second repetition , however . |
| 11 | Briefly , what happens is that chapters 1 and 2 of Book III take Aragorn , Legolas and Gimli from the 26th to the 28th February ; chapters 3 and 4 lead Pippin and Merry from the 26th February to the 2nd March ; chapters 5–7 return to Aragorn and his companions and ‘ leapfrog ’ them past Merry and Pippin again to the 4th March ; while in chapter 8 these two sub-groups of the fellowship meet again on the 5th , for Merry and Pippin to bring their story up-to-date again in recounted narrative . |
| 12 | Clinton needs 2,145 delegates to win outright on the first Democratic Party ballot at the July convention . |
| 13 | The pattern changed again on the 25th as a strong , cold northwesterly dug in behind a complex series of troughs , the precipitation turning increasingly wintry . |
| 14 | ‘ But suppose , ’ his voice lingered sarcastically on the last word , ‘ I do n't want to be out of your life ? ’ |
| 15 | It is to be regretted that teachers dwell disproportionately on the first of these conventional classroom for the sake of a permanent record . |
| 16 | Most of the southern states score particularly badly on economic discrimination , but only a minority do so on the third and none do on the first . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , the yacht did well on the first leg , finishing sixth . |
| 18 | Glorious views open up across the Inner Sound to Skye and smaller islands ; road and railway jostle together on the last exciting mile to Kyle of Lochalsh . |
| 19 | Wynne-Thomas pointed towards two men standing together on the next pitch . |
| 20 | The airstream veered again on the 11th as high pressure moved south over the near continent and the generally settled , quiet weather persisted until the 14th , with several frosty nights in the glens . |
| 21 | Then with school looming ominously on the next day 's horizon there was a stampede home to see who could be first in bed . |
| 22 | Price powered home on the first count with 465 first preference votes , but Beth mustered only 11 . |
| 23 | Further savings could come if countries that are developing breeder technology worked together on the next generation of reactors . |