Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings .
2 Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States .
3 The Brazilian agent saw me the next morning .
4 But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’
5 Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning .
6 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
7 When Walter Ash rang her the next day she would not speak to him .
8 He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time .
9 The bad news reached her the next morning even before she had finished dressing , and then before very many days had passed she found out her condition , and the skies really fell in for her .
10 The maids found her the next morning hunched up in the laundry cupboard on the landing , dozing lightly .
11 ‘ I almost had the creature last night , ’ Mr Crangle told him the next day .
12 A search party found him the next day , dead from exposure .
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