Example sentences of "[be] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've er I 've only just I 've only been coughing the last couple of days , but |
| 2 | The open days free to unwaged people ; £2.50 to others are to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of Durham Street , which was the first community recording studio in the country . |
| 3 | They 're clearing the way for the new 600 series and we 're seeing the first evidence of the Japanese working practises . |
| 4 | erm people do look for protection when they 're when they 're buying the second purchase of their lives in most cases . |
| 5 | aye , you see , that 's why so it meant that we have been going the last week in each month , er each second month |
| 6 | Stars of the film world have been marking the eightieth birthday of one of the giants of British cinema . |
| 7 | Nevertheless it is not financially troubled Japan , but Asia 's tigers who are leading the next wave of investment in the region . |
| 8 | Mr James Bowen , the televisionist , has been celebrating the tenth anniversary of his ‘ television ’ contest , Bullseye , an adversarial entertainment based on the art of projectile throwing . |
| 9 | We are promised the last word in London nightclubs , BBQ , dancing , live bands , cabaret , live band karaoke , mystery entertainments and a huge amount of fun . |
| 10 | POLICE and fire brigade experts are investigating the second blaze in a fortnight at a farm on the Mulgrave estate near Whitby . |
| 11 | Peasants who have returned to their lands in the heart of El Salvador 's war zone are celebrating the first anniversary of a daring experiment . |
| 12 | ‘ Celtic fans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the club 's European Cup triumphs and will be looking for more success . |
| 13 | THE organisers of the Smithwick 's Boston Floodlit Cup are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the competition this year . |
| 14 | He is the incumbent for Peterborough , the seat which , arithmetically , need to fall to Labour if they are to form the next government with an overall majority . |
| 15 | Joh Commonwealth leaders have been attending the first day of their summit in Cyprus and protests by Greek Cypriots . |
| 16 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 17 | Digital Equipment France SA and Paris 's showpiece impressionist museum , the converted railway station Musee d'Orsay , has been demonstrating the first piece of their collaboration on a worthy prototype application of multimedia technology , ‘ Learn to See . ’ |
| 18 | China has been observing the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the first opium war . |
| 19 | Once you are starting the second year at the school you see faces that are familiar and through brothers and sisters who are in the years above you get to know them . |
| 20 | Yeah , were going to be using the first plane on Hong Kong on February the first |
| 21 | ‘ And soon ’ — Dr Reid waved a hand dramatically — ‘ you 'll be seeing the eighth wonder of the world . |
| 22 | He was to be joined the next day by his mistress , Felicity . |
| 23 | This is because we will commence knitting with the carriages at the right and be knitting the first row of background colour to the left . |
| 24 | What 's the Matter Plasma Plasma 's properties are sufficiently different from those of gases , liquids and solids for it to be considered the fourth state of matter . |
| 25 | If the above chord were required f or ff a good arrangement would be to replace the 1st trombone by a trumpet , and to lay out the chord thus : |
| 26 | THE ACTRESS Helen Hayes , who came to be called the first lady of the American stage in a career that spanned eight decades , died on Wednesday at the age of 92 . |
| 27 | and I 'm born the last day in April . |
| 28 | Wreaking havoc : could Camberley be suffering the first invasion of delinquent teenage toads ? |
| 29 | I 'm saying the next appointment to be made is all by , a complaint examiner , what I should n't have thought we wanted to do at the moment more than one . |
| 30 | News of these defeats was received by telegram at Saint Cloud on the night of 4 — 5 August , to be followed the next day by news of two further defeats at the battles of Reichshoffen and Forbach . |