Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He would have been at the Crystal Palace too , willing me on to my first AAA Championship title , revelling in the rivalry , matching the best of the youngsters from Haringey .
2 His politics , as exemplified by this omission , again prove intriguing and his almost furtive observation hands me on to my next destination .
3 To avoid losing his temper the Marshal said it himself along with his first question : ‘ It was the morning that it snowed … ’
4 And dangerous for the goat : a myotonic goat picking himself up from his umpteenth collapse of the day might wonder why natural selection had not taken its course long ago and dispensed with his unhappy breed .
5 It is now clear — and , in view of the final lines of his letter of 2 June , it was sufficiently plain by then — that he was writing under great pressure : which up to his last years was the condition in which he produced most of his work , including some of his best .
6 A dream I had not so long ago took me back to my first year in Vienna .
7 The only slight cloud hanging over the Australian World Cup celebrations was the realisation that Nick Farr-Jones would not be there to lead them out in their next match .
8 Lauda and Ferrari were supreme in 1975 and Lauda 's five wins , including three in succession , were enough to take him on to his first world title , a title he would surely have retained had it not been for his accident at the Nurburgring .
9 Breaking the three-generational run of Lester Knox Colemans , his sons , Joshua and Chad , were born on 16 September 1989 , at about the same time as the DIA decided to dust him off for his next assignment .
10 He had had to stand her up on their second date .
11 When you take him out for his first walk on the lead , it is always nicer if an older dog accompanies you .
12 Robert 's own Christian name , as we know , had come from his maternal grandfather , Robert Hasted , and he passed it on to his second child , Robert Edward ; thereafter the same name would continue in that branch of the family until well into the 20th century .
13 The converted midfield player marked his 25th birthday with the 51st-minute opener and Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling .
14 Robert Lee rubbed it in with his first League goal for Newcastle six minutes later after Peacock 's penalty had been beaten out by Perry Suckling .
15 If only because he did n't have it to give — he 'd sent it off with his first letter .
16 Pat had agreed and Anne and John spent a blissful leave fitting it up as their first home .
17 You build up a frightening picture of an immensely long , empty passage of time , only to cancel it out with your last breath , leaving your audience thoroughly confused , but clinging to the idea that eternity is ‘ like ’ a great length of time . ’
18 ‘ I worked it out during my second week here .
19 IRENE Aldis , who lost her wedding ring in 1932 , got it back for her 102nd birthday after it was found in a field at Honingham , Norfolk .
20 Then you can take us on to our next engagement . ’
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