Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth had volunteered to cook the first meal . |
| 2 | On the river , another police launch had arrived to complement the first one . |
| 3 | Lydia had intended to spend the next few weeks alone attempting to eradicate these shafts of reminiscence , determined not to follow the common course and go round seeking replacements for her lost love : an undignified and doom-laden procedure , leading to recriminations and disgust . |
| 4 | Although my household and ARP duties did not allow of a visit to the Western hospital some folk came to see us at the main post , and laugh at the fact that the Steward of the hospital had had to send the last of his well-trained clerks to Egypt to help count the number of prisoners and try to get the provision for them in some sort of order . |
| 5 | The Chelsea goalkeeper had agreed to join the First Division club as cover for Alan Knight . |
| 6 | Although the two main explanations of Labour 's growth will remain irreconcilables , the fact remains that the Labour Party did emerge to become the second party in the political system by 1922 , and a party of government by 1924 . |
| 7 | Note was taken that Ned had failed to advise the twelfth floor of Barley 's drunken breakout after his return from Leningrad . |
| 8 | Once the Fourth Republic had refused to imitate the Third Republic by committing suicide , de Gaulle had to face the problem of sustaining the Rassemblement 's momentum . |