Example sentences of "[pron] [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My second favourite place at the zoo was the Reptile House , and I 've had various sorts of reptiles as pets . |
| 2 | In 1988 I had my first one-woman show at the Barbican Centre , London . |
| 3 | He was quite near , jostling among the spectators , and I had my first close look at the wild-eyed little goblin who had plagued me . |
| 4 | Two weeks later I won my first national title at the Indoor Championships , taking the 200 metres . |
| 5 | I would be about 10 or 11 years old , and the biological urge was beginning to stir in my blood , though , truthfully , I had my first sexual intercourse at the age of 19 . |
| 6 | The Empire Crusade ran its first independent candidate at the Bromley by-election . |
| 7 | Waiting in the wings is the C112 supercar , powered , we now believe , by the new V12 engine and set to make its first public appearance at the Frankfurt show in September . |
| 8 | Her first professional appearance at the Liverpool Playhouse in A Midsummer Night 's Dream — reflecting her classical training . |
| 9 | Miss Hayes , who lived in a 21-room Victorian house overlooking the Hudson River at Nyack , acted in her first professional role at the age of six . |
| 10 | Born in Washington on 10 October , 1900 , Miss Hayes had her first professional role at the age of six as Prince Charles in The Royal Family . |
| 11 | Helmsley artists Fiona Scott , sister of TV presenter Selina , presents her first major exhibition at the Stable Gallery , Wandsworth Common in London tomorrow . |
| 12 | She game her first inaugural address at the diocesan meeting held in Chester . |
| 13 | Priscilla Whiting had her first past-life experience at the age of three , when she remembers looking at her mother and thinking : ‘ You are not my mother . |
| 14 | Llandovery College must regard their third consecutive triumph at the Midland Schools invitation tournament , at Walsall RFC , as the high spot of a successful start to the season . |
| 15 | The synergetic model of two gallery owners , Burnett Miller from Los Angeles and Claes Nordenhake from Stockholm , located in the centre of Cologne 's Belgian quarter at Bismarckstrasse 60 , will come to an end with their last joint presentation at the Contemporary Art Fair in Brussels . |
| 16 | Wexford had victory snatched from their grasp on each occasion and they could well have had their last real bite at the cherry . |
| 17 | GEARING up for their 25th anniversary , the British Aviation Preservation Council staged its 98th quarterly conference at the Yorkshire Air Museum ( YAM ) , Elvington , on November 2 . |
| 18 | She addressed her last public meeting at the age of ninety-one at a garden party arranged by her daughter . |
| 19 | He was still level par for the round after leaving the 12th green but then had his second successive eagle at the 13th with a five-iron to 15 feet . |
| 20 | SHELL-SHOCKED Stephen Hendry last night suffered his second consecutive defeat at the hands of fellow Scot Alan McManus . |
| 21 | He made his first professional purchase at the age of 16 , while still at art college , when he bought a plate for two shillings at Preston market . |
| 22 | He started in political life as he meant to go on , sympathising with ‘ Action Francaise ’ and making his first political gesture at the age of 26 as one of the threatening , right-wing mob who were driven back by police gunfire when they tried to storm the Chamber of Deputies in February 1934 . |
| 23 | As he walked up Lady Street the sun broke through and he was able to take his first leisurely look at the pleasing medley of styles , periods , and usage . |
| 24 | Poliakoff had his first playwrighting success at the age of 19 but he has always been , to put it gently , a more grown-up dramatist than many of the pack of hairy , scary stage writers whose careers coincide with his . |
| 25 | Acquiring his first proper guitar at the age of ten , Ry first discovered bluegrass and then the country blues players : the Rev. Gary Davis ( who gave Ry lessons ) , Lightnin' Hopkins , Sonny Terry , Brownie McGhee and Son House , plus Howlin' Wolf , Muddy Waters and Sleepy John Estes . |
| 26 | Jay progressed though local congresses , and experienced his first big success at the Whitley Bay tournament where he came second in the under-nine events at the age of seven . |
| 27 | Williams is in his first full season at the club . |
| 28 | Williams is in his first full season at the club . |
| 29 | On his return to Vienna in November 1787 , Mozart 's fortunes received an unexpected boost — his first permanent appointment at the Viennese court as kammermusicus ( chamber composer ) . |
| 30 | Leaving the university , he kept himself by teaching privately and lecturing , and then produced his first scientific paper at the age of 22 . |