Example sentences of "[num ord] [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First she posed as a Roman centurion and did a bit of torture . |
| 2 | At first it looked like a dark patch of space . |
| 3 | First he flew on a full radius but with the lines passing through a ground hook . |
| 4 | From August 18–28th I went on a fabulous vacation in Maine , a canoe trip on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway . |
| 5 | So , when at last I came to a small village with a large church , I decided that perhaps the priest might be the best person to tell me where these prehistoric pagans buried their dead . |
| 6 | But at last she came to a painful decision . |
| 7 | At last she came across a white man , nonchalantly lighting his cigarette from a twelve-inch flame shooting out of a gas jet , who was prepared to answer her question . |
| 8 | At the second last she put in a tremendous leap and was back in the lead as Run And Skip started to fade , but Forgive 'N Forget on the stands side and Wayward Lad inside him were now going for home , and they passed Dawn Run on the approach to the last . |
| 9 | At last she queried in a calm voice , ‘ What 's the matter with you , Doreen ? |
| 10 | At last they emerged into a wide entrance hall , where a porter was loading a trolley , and two receptionists sat like bottled specimens in glass cages by the wall . |