Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crept up to my first victim in the same way as I imagine a lion cub stalks it first wildebeest — clumsily . |
| 2 | And that was where at the age of sixteen , I turned up for my first job interview . |
| 3 | I went up for my first term at York called Nigel and I came back as Oliver . |
| 4 | ‘ But I went back to my first dancing teacher who taught me when I was 12 and it was like five hours of physiotherapy every day . |
| 5 | It was as though Estabrook had set two dogs on Judith 's heels — one bringing death , the other life — and let fate decide which caught up with her first . |
| 6 | My Lord Mayor , the Local Management of Schools scheme er was reviewed first in the light of consultation which went on during its first full year of operation . |
| 7 | Not having the culinary skills to extract nourishment from this household item she passed on to her second request ; could she have money to buy uniforms for her kids to go to their new school ? |
| 8 | It was a relief when she dashed off to her next call . |
| 9 | In this case she went back to her third birthday . |
| 10 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
| 11 | Then one time after we 've had a rough mission and trying to get back on flying status an'all , we flew over to your Hundredth Bomb Group field and this did the there with crew . |
| 12 | Later that day we went back to my first house . |
| 13 | Those placed in an ‘ express ’ stream had even less reason for preserving a broad curriculum : like myself and my contemporaries in Cardiff High School they rattled along to their first public examination ( O level after 1951 ) at the age of fifteen , and so secured the privilege of early entry — together with the possibility of some extra time — in the sixth form . |
| 14 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 15 | When it came up for its third reading on 21 June it was referred to a select committee who on 18 July reported that they were of the opinion that the bill ought not to be proceeded with . |
| 16 | Brian Swan was first to the ball when Townsend 's penalty came off the right-hand post and Swan was also in support of the stand-off when he touched down for his first try . |
| 17 | He stepped up with his last wood with Reading holding shot . |
| 18 | I was working in Australia , and he flew out with his last penny , and without telling me he was coming , to pop the question . |
| 19 | Backley , needing to reach the 80-metre mark , must have been sweating when his opening effort dropped short at 79.36 but he went through with his second throw of 80.76 . |
| 20 | This year he went out in his first heat at the Hard Rock . |
| 21 | These include Buckle Island , just off the Antarctic coast , and Mts Erebus and Terror , only a few kilometres from Scott 's original base camp , from which he set out on his last heroic journey . |