Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 2 | Apart from his engravings , for which he became particularly well known , he was an excellent portrait painter and his painting of four children — one of whom became the fifth Duke of Devonshire — in the grounds of Chiswick House , probably attracted him to Chiswick , an area considered by many notable persons at that time , as very healthy . |
| 3 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 4 | Five other nice but provocable strategies ended up nearly as successful ( frequent in the population ) as Tit for Tat ; indeed , one of them won the sixth run . |
| 5 | Five thousand of them covered the last mile of the march through the Berkshire fields in silence , despite the coldest and wettest Easter for forty years . |
| 6 | It 's still used for target practice — a poignant reminder of the Cold War , the end of which heralded the last post for RAF Hullavington . |
| 7 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 8 | If you put the two together erm you i it becomes understandable why they , they adopted these policies to the south , even though sort of from what happened the first time particularly in a retrospective way , the expectation would be you would , this would be the are where you would go for land reform straight away . |
| 9 | Next to them stood the second rank of drinkers , ‘ troops ’ of the gangs , not yet vicious enough to challenge the leaders or even each other , unless they were mob-handed . |
| 10 | Briefly , the image of Lexandro 's own two indulged foolish siblings , Andria and Phoeba , flitted through his consciousness for what seemed the first time in years . |