Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [pron] [verb] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today it was Sarah Parker , a girl of nineteen who lives next door to the church . |
| 2 | It was called erm tt it was about half past ten I think last night , somewhere |
| 3 | Twenty past twelve we finished last night . |
| 4 | In 1859 he passed first class in botany in the first examination for teachers organized by the Department of Science and Art , and this was his sole academic qualification . |
| 5 | For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's . |