Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb past] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I do remember we 'd already put his full name on the car and had to remove the last part of it . ’ |
| 2 | Hearing on the grapevine that Island Records ' in-house Fallout Shelter studios were in need of a trainee engineer , he pestered them for an interview that afternoon and began work the next day . |
| 3 | Alistair telephoned — He then discussed the matter with Hazel and decided to take the next day off work . |
| 4 | Tammuz Malamute had stepped off the shuttle port outside Arcady and had delivered the last fateful message to his a.i . |
| 5 | Rhiannon Petts weighed just one pound three ounces at birth and had to spend the first nine months of her life in hospital . |
| 6 | We reached the yard and stood watching the last preparations as usual . |
| 7 | I really did n't intend to join this regiment , in fact I was making efforts to rejoin the Yeomanry , who are out here [ his former regiment had landed in Algeria as part of the 6th Armoured Division in the First Army and had supported the 1st Guards Brigade in the battle for Tunis ] , but the C.O. of this regiment chose me by interview and I had to go , being only a very small cog in the wheels of war . |
| 8 | Viscount Melbourne became Prime Minister in July 1835 , but by the end of that year , it was necessary for the Duke of Wellington to become Prime Minister for a short period , followed for about one year by Sir Robert Peel , who had been Home Secretary and had introduced the first Police Force , enrolling men who soon became known as ‘ Peelers ’ or ‘ Bobbies ’ , after the founder . |
| 9 | At this time , the Blackpool Transport fleet totalled 350 vehicles and had become the seventh largest in the country . |
| 10 | Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death . |
| 11 | But anyone who could understand English and had watched the last Liberal broadcast , an exercise in pure Paddiography , would know perfectly well how she could say that . |
| 12 | ‘ If we had gone out over two legs to Leeds and failed to reach the last eight of the European Cup , Rangers would have been branded failures . |
| 13 | After a meal which bore sumptuous witness to the Riverside Country House Hotel 's reputation for reasonably priced and lovingly prepared local game and produce , we soaked in the charming 17th Century atmosphere and began to plan the first of our walks . |
| 14 | After a meal which bore sumptuous witness to the Riverside Country House Hotel 's reputation for reasonably priced and lovingly prepared local game and produce , we soaked in the charming 17th Century atmosphere and began to plan the first of our walks . |
| 15 | When she returned to the table and began scooping the first of the curd into a mould , they felt her eyes burning into them , all three of them . |