Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only saw the first page which , in case you 've forgotten the system , shows the subject 's photograph , age , length of time spent in the employ of the company , when he — or she — joined us , when he — or she — left us . |
| 2 | And I turned over and I just caught the last bit there . |
| 3 | I I just caught the last frame . |
| 4 | Following this I also heard the first performance of the Serenade with Peter and Dennis Brain at the Wigmore Hall in October 1943 . |
| 5 | As the day of ‘ our final hour ’ approached our publicity releases continued to whip up public opinion , and I carefully planned the last programme for broadcast from 9pm on the last evening until the station 's license expired with the stroke of midnight . |
| 6 | I was so much convinced that I should get Roux 's result in all its features , that even in spite of the whole blastula , I now expected the next morning would reveal to me the half-organization of my subject once more ; the gut , I supposed , might come out quite on one side of it , as a half-tube , and the ring of cells might be a half one also . |
| 7 | I now knew the last thing in the whole world I wanted was to go into the mountains again with FAKINTIL . |
| 8 | I am sorry to say that I often broke the tenth commandment for I really coveted that model and expect many of my contemporaries were also guilty of that sin . |
| 9 | I then severed the last piece of shaft as close as I could to the head , and again found nothing untoward . |
| 10 | ‘ I never expected the first scrap to be so easy , ’ Callaghan said . |
| 11 | Low-spirited , disappointed that she must forgo the festivities which always marked the twelfth day of Christmas , she wept copiously and bewailed her ill-fortune to such an extent that it was feared she would increase the severity of the illness . |
| 12 | She fussed , gave advice which she laughingly contradicted the next minute , and talked enthusiastically about the business she had just initiated . |
| 13 | Britain 's Jeremy Bates , who memorably reached the fourth round 12 months ago , has an encouraging first round match against another clay court specialist , Javier Frana , Argentina 's world No 87 . |
| 14 | But even she only reached the 2nd round , before losing to Larisa Savchenko . |
| 15 | When asked to describe auditory sensations , McKellar 's subjects frequently reported hearing snatches of music which could be recurrent … as is illustrated by a subject who recurrently imaged the last movement of Rachmaninov 's Second Piano Concerto . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I wo n't cry over spilt milk , ’ Karen said as she finally recovered the last smithereen of dog . |
| 17 | A disappointing result for United who totally dominated the first half and really after seeing that first forty five minutes , it was so difficult to see how they could not win three points , and this encounter against the Charlton side drew on the same number of points as them in the second division table . |
| 18 | Owned by Tom Clyne , who also won the last sprint on Saturday night with Clydal Chief , Pal had 2.1/2 lengths to spare from Stormhill Echo . |
| 19 | She then opened the second case and performed a similar ritual with the .357 and the Charter Arms .22 . |
| 20 | The outstanding ties are the visit of Barnet , who almost made the Fourth Division twice in recent seasons , to Cambridge City 's four-year-old stadium ; a derby between Dover and Folkestone , who had four players sent off against Redhill in the previous round ; and , by a nice coincidence , the meeting of Bishop Auckland , defectors to the HFS Loans League , and South Bank , loyal to their roots , almost exactly a century on from their historic match . |
| 21 | Even now she vividly recalled the first time she saw Nader at the exclusive Royal Club , a dining , gambling and sports centre . |
| 22 | He was divorced in 1947 by Margaret Whigham , who subsequently became the third wife of the 11th Duke of Argyll . |
| 23 | By doing so , we effectively answered the first part of the question of principle raised by the appeal , and decided that the court has the power in its inherent jurisdiction to override W. 's refusal to undergo the necessary treatment . |
| 24 | We eventually finished the first day 's walking . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 26 | Perhaps when we fondly remembered the second world war — and engaged in a massive collective oblivion about the causes and costs of that war . |
| 27 | We then created the first product which heart attacks , strokes , cancers and certain coronary artery disease , which I can see . |
| 28 | To sort of make out s make sure you 've got this and that so you 're ready for the confinement and er But they only came the last minute when when they were the ma mams were expecting their babies . |
| 29 | Though they only opened the first supermarket in 1961 , there are over 40 today . |
| 30 | They just closed the last pub down there [ c. 1966 ] . |