Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [adv] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did n't get the run of this race , ’ said Richard who went on to win the next with Notley . |
| 2 | This led in Britain to the setting up the Meteorological Office under Captain FitzRoy , formerly of HMS Beagle , who went on to make the first weather forecasts in Britain . |
| 3 | ( Thus a child who did not reach the first birthday is counted as zero year old ; from 12 completed months to 23 completed months as one year old , etc . ) |
| 4 | He treated the much-vaunted pace pairing of Wasim and Waqar as though they were tame medium pacers , not the men who had mercilessly destroyed the last threads of his Test confidence . |
| 5 | He was suffering from exhaustion and cold after helping co-climber Harry Taylor , who had earlier become the first Briton to reach the summit from the Nepalese side without oxygen equipment . |
| 6 | The Block , built by J.J. Oakes & Son , was duly opened on Speech Day , 17th July 1957 , appropriately by Professor Williams , who had recently become the first recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the Royal Society of Arts , " to individuals who have attained early distinction , with promise of future achievements , in the promotion of arts , manufacture , and commerce " . |