Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls . |
| 2 | Three days later he became the first President in American history to resign his office . |
| 3 | A few weeks later he scored the first of three hat-tricks he hit for the Palace when we toppled his former club , Watford , by 4–1 at Vicarage Road . |
| 4 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 5 | An outstanding sportsman , in 1936 he became Irish universities ' heavyweight boxing champion and two years later he received the first of six rugby international caps for Ireland , touring South Africa in 1938 with the British Lions . |
| 6 | An hour later she added the last few remaining sticks and huddled down again . |
| 7 | I wandered down the Rue de la Carbière then I heard the first soul-searing howl : the wolves were back in Paris , hunting for whatever they could find . |
| 8 | A month ago he chaired the first meeting of the ‘ great and the good ’ who make up the Cairngorms Working Party . |
| 9 | They can expect to make around £1 million a tie from the three guaranteed ‘ league ’ matches once they reach the last eight . |