Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] as the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There could be no thought of undermining the class which served as the first line of resistance to smouldering peasant insubordination . |
| 2 | She discussed in this context who she saw as the twentieth century 's two most influential analysts of theatre : Brecht and Antonin Artaud . |
| 3 | He first became an MP in 1841 as member for Newark and , apart from a break between 1847 and 1850 , he remained in the Commons until he succeeded as the seventh Duke of Rutland in 1888 . |
| 4 | He had the reputation for being clever but lacking in tact or discretion , and held only a minor post in Grey 's Government of 1853 to 1855 , and although he remained an MP until 1883 , when he succeeded as the tenth Earl of Wemyss and March , he never held office again . |
| 5 | The feeling was that Richards should have declared before he did as the last hour 's batting produced few runs , but when England set about playing out time , Larkins , having gone first ball in the first innings , lasted only one more this time . |
| 6 | The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ) , supported mainly by members of the scheduled castes , won one Lok Sabha seat and nine seats in the Assembly , where it emerged as the second party , having previously held no seats . |
| 7 | It ran as the first service of the day with one brake coach and was full to capacity on both operating days . |
| 8 | He paused as the first hospital direction sign came up on the road . |