Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not consulted about membership of the Group , and with the exception of Dr Charles Suckling , a member of the Kingman Committee , I met the members for the first time when we assembled in London for our opening working session . |
| 2 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 3 | On Monday , the managing director , Jacques Calvet , met the unions for the first time but said there could be no discussion of pay until production was resumed . |
| 4 | As Mr Urbanec met the opposition for the first time , it appeared increasingly likely that his predecessor , Mr Milos Jakes , would eventually find himself behind bars . |
| 5 | The dancing was still going on too , although Seb thought the playing of the fiddlers lacked the exuberance of the first night . |
| 6 | The Regional Council has just completed the provision of the first phase of access and servicing to the site , and is able to offer up to 4 development plots for sale or lease . |
| 7 | I try to kill the man with the first shot . |
| 8 | Robbie asked , her gesture encompassing the exchanges of the last few moments . |
| 9 | Wordsworth writes as if he is a new kind of human being , like Adam naming the creatures for the first time . |
| 10 | As soon as the parents of the first baby contacted health service bosses the parents of the second were told . |
| 11 | Building the cost into the first part of the proceedings , so that the cost was recovered as part of the original action , would hardly be practicable . |
| 12 | Often a successful project is followed by another , building the foundation of the first . |
| 13 | The two councillors are to monitor the situation over the next few days before seeking a meeting with the RUC 's assistant Chief Constable . |
| 14 | Indebted countries ' options depend on the magnitude of the debt , who lent the money in the first place , and on what terms . |
| 15 | An accountant , in order to stand any chance of a career in corporate finance , must have a good academic record ( 2.1 or better ) at a recognised university ( red brick or Oxbridge ) , must have trained with one of the top accountancy firms , and passed the exams at the first attempt . |
| 16 | Erm , that the , that we should support the principle , we agreed the principle at the last meeting , in support of the business link and satellite in Oswestry , that we should sup support the principle of supporting a business link satellite in Craven Arms , and that we should appoint a representative to the business links board . |
| 17 | He made good use of the opportunity , bringing his horse round the outside of two leaders on the final bends to hit the front before the last . |
| 18 | Santa Clara , California start-up Nimbus Technologies Inc will next week come out with the first chipset targeted at the compatible builders which is tailored for use with the superscalar Sparcs — Viking and HyperSparc — both expected to hit the market in the second half of the year , see front page . |
| 19 | Having calculated the profit for the first six months discuss whether the profit figure is a useful benchmark for measuring the performance of the business , and also whether it is useful as a guide to future profitability . |
| 20 | Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career . |
| 21 | Like she was high , not on booze or pills but some of that good mellow shit that used to go the rounds at the first dinner parties I ever went to , at Liza 's place , when the world was young and lovable . |
| 22 | ‘ At the back of the neck , to the right of the fourth cervical vertebra ; the bullet passed through the trapezius of that side , grazed the body of the fourth vertebra and proceeded transversely and slightly upwards to the zygoma . |
| 23 | Durie plays the winner of the second semi-final , between Brighton 's Julie Salmon and Manchester 's Amanda Grunfeld , in tomorrow 's final . |
| 24 | For years , Karl Dersch has flown the emblem of the Third Reich in the garden of his Munich home . |
| 25 | Few strategists would gainsay the primacy of the First Pillar — the defence of the British Isles — upon which the sovereignty of the realm depends ; though , paradoxically , the United Kingdom has usually been so secure behind its sea walls that Home Defence has been accorded the lowest allocation of resources . |
| 26 | He had a full scrip of the small white flowers when he made the journey for the seventh time , and saw the three riders pace in at the gatehouse , and stood unobserved to watch Tutilo dismount , part amicably from his guards , and come wearily towards the gatehouse door , as if he would himself take the key and deliver himself dutifully back to his captivity . |
| 27 | And in one respect it 's not quite erm as straightforward as I 've made it appear , and perhaps after all I 'm not wrong in making the claim I did , because E P Thompson , the historian , erm was the person who really made the discovery in the first place , and it came about because he had been interested in the possible links between the Muddletonians and Blake , and this led him to ask questions which , in a roundabout way , led to the discovery of the archive . |
| 28 | You made the mess in the first place — remember ? ’ |
| 29 | No company , after all , is better equipped to design a jamming device for a particular missile than the company that made the missile in the first place . |
| 30 | well I mean we had one girl did n't know what she was going about , but , you know , women do n't have all the work to do in the house and her dad helps at weekends and I said well who made the decision in the first place to do what |