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

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1 As one of Wesley 's leading preachers he attended the first Methodist conference in 1744 and in 1748 promoted the system of ‘ quarterly meetings ’ to oversee the local Methodist ‘ circuits ’ ( groups of societies ) .
2 Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society .
3 On the way home through Canada I wrote the first few chapters of a book about my views on the tour .
4 A few miles outside Ulm in the little town of Rammingen I got the last available room in the Landgasthof Adler ( Eagle ) .
5 That Sunday she took the first positive step towards keeping a check on her child .
6 ‘ The previous season I missed the last 12 games through a hernia operation and Achilles tendon trouble .
7 While the Scot won the opening frame he lost the next three , but his highest break of the match , 74 , suggested Hallett had a problem on his hands .
8 He began to whistle , and taking his hands of the handlebars he negotiated the last half mile home without touching them again .
9 I never even learned the name of the man I spent the next two days with .
10 By consistently applying quantum mechanics to Maxwell 's theory of the electromagnetic field he constructed the first known specimen of a quantum field theory .
11 From the humble beginnings of the previous year you flew the first great test of concept of long-range strategic bombardment .
12 Menshevik and SR sympathizers dominated the soldiers ' committees ; among the peasantry the SRs enjoyed far more support than any other party ; the Mensheviks were most prominent in the trade unions ; together the two parties won large majorities in municipal duma elections which began in May ; and in June they dominated the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets and consolidated control of its Central Executive Committee ( CEC ) .
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