Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune . |
| 2 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
| 3 | In reaching this conclusion the court argued that freedom of contract was a fundamental right , and that if parliament intended to empower a third party to make conditions which affected the provisions of a contract between others then this should be expressed in clear terms . |
| 4 | Hawaii has two huge roadways , and planners wanted to build a third . |
| 5 | And Shirley happened to come the next day and I about it . |
| 6 | This year politics and economics conspired to make the first almost impossible . |
| 7 | As Bernice tried to read the next line , Ell moved forward and stamped on the creature . |
| 8 | As Taff started to cook the first half-dozen eggs I went along the road that ran around the village and passed near to the orchard . |
| 9 | He scored 102 not out , his third ton of the tour , as India decided to use the fourth and final day of the match as preparation for the second Test , which gets under way in Johannesburg on Thursday . |