Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb past] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these the most conservative was Porta , who as late as 1578 could publish an old-fashioned cantus firmus Mass on the Josquin subject ‘ La sol fa re mi ’ and who corresponded with Carlo Borromeo ; on the other hand , his Magnificat for the Franciscan Chapter at Bologna was in 24 parts and we know that he frequently employed trombones , cornetts , violins , and portative organs as well as the large ones at San Antonio , Padua , where he spent the last six years of his life . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I was happy about my time but I have to admit that I walked the last two or three miles after I hit what they call ‘ the wall ’ . |
| 3 | For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me . |
| 4 | Really the only reason I could think of when it 's you know it is important to put things on paper are really like the last three bits that we talked the last three things we talked about which detailed information would need to be there so people can read it when you know it 's got to get to a lot people not all in the same place at the same time or when it 's you need a copy . |
| 5 | I did n't know at that time what the content of the exhibition was because Sarah who organised it all had to write to lots of people and arrange the loans and you know it is fairly recently that we discovered for example the tate would lend , their pictures because its very rare that they do , erm , and , so we thought the next best thing , when I discovered the change of dates would be to have slides of the pictures that Sue was using , but erm oh dear then wonderful that Sue was using a another book and this term allocated and I was n't able to get the slides she picked , it was my fault that they 're not on slide due to the amount of time that we had to do this . |
| 6 | Indeed , at the seminar at which they announced their discovery , I remember that they called the first four sources to be found LGM 1–4 , LGM standing for " Little Green Men . " |
| 7 | He conceded the hole and although he won the 35th two fours at the last saw Rafferty home . |
| 8 | It was during this period that it became the second major party in British politics , and Britain 's leading progressive party . |
| 9 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 10 | That he has managed to carve out such a successful photographic career for himself is extraordinary when you consider that he spent the first 12 years of his working life as a bricklayer . |
| 11 | He was an ecologist of international significance , widely acknowledged — indeed revered — as the pre-eminent British field botanist of his time , and his prowess was the more remarkable given that he was born , blind in one eye , into a poor Welsh family , that he left school at 14 , and that he spent the first 33 years of his working life as a North Wales quarryman . |
| 12 | What he would have really profited from at the beginning , he believes , was a coach and it was only some time after he joined the Vets movement that he found the next best thing , encouragement and advice from a distinguished Vet member of Cambridge Harriers , David Coward . |
| 13 | Although Tibbs warned Benn that he needed the last two rounds , I already had him five rounds up — and so did Eubank . |
| 14 | I could n't find the entrance to the restaurant that night for a start , and I spent the first half hour of the evening circling the outside of the building looking for a way in — in full view of all the diners . |
| 15 | Martyn and I spent the next 10 days camping on the largest of the islands , sharing it with 30 pairs of geese . |
| 16 | This advice I took seriously ; and Myra and I spent the next ten years mostly in Britain . |
| 17 | At this time I was on holiday and I spent the next three days redecorating my sitting room ( a boring task , but necessary ) while waiting for the G4 to harden . |
| 18 | ‘ One paper asked me to pick the Derby winner and I picked the first four . |
| 19 | And I paid the first fine that I ever did . |
| 20 | ‘ No diet is easy and I found the first few days hard , but by the end of the first week my skin became clearer , my nails grew stronger and my hair was healthy and shining . |
| 21 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 22 | Legge asked you to record the Fifth Symphony in 1951 and you recorded the last four symphonies between then and the summer of 1955 . |
| 23 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 24 | This time his kiss was a little more forceful , it lasted longer , and she felt the first light outbreak of heat on his skin . |
| 25 | In 1991 , she won more matches on clay than any other player , ( 24 ) , and she had the fourth best win/loss record of all players on that surface , ( 24/3 ) , with a percentage success rate of .904 , although it should be noted that , in 7 attempts to date , she has been unable to overcome the dominant hitting of Seles . |
| 26 | Anne Dickie , Manager Royline Sales , said regional awards had been introduced so that the efforts and results of branches could be better highlighted and rewarded — and she praised the first three winners . |
| 27 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
| 28 | ‘ No , I 'm not , and if you knew the first damn thing about Accident and Emergency you would know I was n't ! ’ she snapped . |
| 29 | If you missed the last two issues but want to enter the competition , you can send off for vouchers 1 and 2 . |
| 30 | Now I , I 've rung the Claremont and they 've said , oh yes , it 's the conference erm you know amount and we 're very , appar we were , I was very lucky cos we got the last three rooms . |