Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session . |
| 2 | Well when Ken said about the headboard last week they were selling sheets on mini market I said pink ones and grey ones but I said not while they had the Christmas stuff in , it was before the Christmas stuff they must have taken them out you know I |
| 3 | Then David slid into the seat next to her , and added his cup of tea to hers . |
| 4 | The keys crashed to the floor next to Gedanken ; the piece of paper followed , slowly fluttering from side to side like a snowflake . |
| 5 | Sometimes it rained , but mainly the sun shone on the army first summoned into existence , without the impact of commercial pop , back at the Albert Hall in 1965 , and the Roundhouse in the cold October of 1966 . |
| 6 | Michael Forsyth said on the news last night that public support for residential care will continue and I believe him . |
| 7 | So in fact Ibrahim arrived at the river first ? ’ |
| 8 | We have been without food before , when the chimney came through the roof last year . ’ |
| 9 | A TENTATIVE economic recovery began in the shops last month , when retail sales showed their first year-on-year rise since last September and their strongest increase since May 1992 , the month after the last general election , the Confederation of British Industry claimed yesterday . |
| 10 | Lee got to the log first . |
| 11 | The move , by the Paisley area 's procurator-fiscal , James Friel , comes after witnesses came forward to support fresh evidence uncovered by The Scotsman last June on the tenth anniversary of the man 's conviction . |
| 12 | Anyone possessing the gall to launch three blows into orbit and over the fence in the opening 20 minutes of the day , as Hooper did at The Oval last August when West Indies were following on , is no mere mortal . |
| 13 | That did not surprise her , for Miss Watson lived at the school-house next door , and might be busy with her last minute chores . |
| 14 | The white dog lay on the floor next to him . |
| 15 | At a recent London dinner party , attended by Mr Kinnock , Mr Pinter and Lady Antonia , Mr Kinnock leaned across the person next to him and announced : ‘ We 'll make Harold a lord . ’ |
| 16 | FRANK Field , whose political career stood at the crossroads last night , was first elected to the House of Commons in May 1979 . |
| 17 | The Government argued before the commission last Friday that the killings were lawful — a view already expressed at a British inquest into the deaths . |
| 18 | A NEW row erupted around the Government last night after it signalled it would go slow on new laws to outlaw ticket touts . |
| 19 | Such disillusion and frustration came to the fore last Saturday . |
| 20 | LABOUR 'S Barry Jones protested in the Commons last night at British Aerospace 's decision to sell Corporate Jets , of Broughton . |
| 21 | Lake flew to the States last week for an operation he hopes will save his career and underwent the same surgery as John Salako of QPR and Ian Durrant of Rangers . |
| 22 | A feasibility study that TRW delivered to the Pentagon last month outlined the approach the project will take . |
| 23 | State banks , much to their chagrin , have been ordered to provide cheap insurance for pilgrims to Mecca : some 800 Indonesians died in the haj last year . |
| 24 | Kate sat in the back next to the luggage , but Ace had stationed himself in front with the pilot . |
| 25 | Western Wolf , on whom Cauthen won over the course last month , should follow up , but faces several threatening rivals , notably Single . |
| 26 | In 1929 Piscator invited from the Bauhaus first Oskar Schlemmer and then Laszlo Moholy-Nagy as scene designers . |
| 27 | Timber is the fastest growing import underlined by the arrival last month of the largest timber carrier ever to dock at Sharpness . |
| 28 | MR MAJOR appealed to the nation last night not to turn its back on 13 years of Conservative rule as the latest opinion polls showed the Tories narrowing the gap with Labour but still facing the prospect of losing power . |
| 29 | As with most initiatives , however , strength flowed from the centre first . |
| 30 | The first neighbours knew of what had happened was when police broke into the house last night . |