Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing I know for certain is that after completing the first pitch it was only my experience as a climber to the lower E grades that got me through , and I wondered how a non-climber might have got on using the same information . |
| 2 | After keeping the first appointment she failed to attend two further treatment sessions , telephoning the therapist after the second to say she felt better . |
| 3 | Thus , the study emphasises the role of social attitudes in second language learning , ie. attitudes towards learning the second language itself and towards the native speakers who make up the second language community . |
| 4 | In emphasising the last word he wanted her to realise that he was as cynical about the ultimate behaviour of any Government Department , of any shade of political persuasion , as she was . |
| 5 | So before retaliating the next time you 're overtaken by a vehicle with fewer wheels than yours , remember — Reliant Robins have feelings too . |
| 6 | So before retaliating the next time you 're overtaken by a vehicle with fewer wheels than yours , remember — Reliant Robins have feelings too . |
| 7 | On reaching the last train they found a colleague talking to a middle-aged man dressed in a light-coloured rain coat and flat cap who was assumed to have been overcarried on the last train after going out of service at Capland Road Station . |
| 8 | By missing the first flight we of course missed the connecting flight to the USA . |
| 9 | The last Advice I shall give you , relates to your Behaviour when you are going to be hanged ; which , either for robbing your Master , for House-breaking , or going upon the High-way , or in a drunken Quarrel , by killing the first Man you meet , may very probably be your Lot … |