Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] the [num ord] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early PC-based software was both expensive and fairly awful ; Studio Software , who produced the first desktop publishing program for the PC recently went to the wall as a direct result of being unable to keep up with the new leaders . |
| 2 | The first Formula One World Championship race took place at Silverstone on 13 May 1950 and was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina , who became the first World Champion four months later . |
| 3 | His relief was tinged with sadness at the defeat of his close colleague and Tory party chairman , Mr Chris Patten , who became the first Cabinet Minister since 1979 to lose his seat . |
| 4 | In 1986 who became the first Gloucestershire player since 1966 to play for England ? ( 6 ) 4 . |
| 5 | The Lawns at Broseley , the home of John Wilkinson who built the first iron bridge , now houses a large impressive collection of English pottery and porcelain . |
| 6 | I was awoken around seven this morning by two officers who spent the next hour cross-questioning me . |
| 7 | A couple who bought the last wedding ring in a Darlington jeweller 's shop celebrated their 50th anniversary this week . |
| 8 | The Euro Horse Trophy was on time from the start and Rozier just held off Austrian Hugo Simon , who won the first World Cup final in this arena in 1979 , on Amaretto . |
| 9 | Wilkinson , who won the first set tie-break 7-3 , lost his way in the second when he was twice broken to trail 1-4 and although he retrieved one of the breaks , Castle had little trouble squaring the match . |
| 10 | But already the Indians and the Pakistanis , who staged the fourth World Cup in 1987 , are looking hot favourites to win the two-horse race . |
| 11 | But already the Indians and the Pakistanis , who staged the fourth World Cup in 1987 , are hot favourites to win the two-horse race . |