Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] [pron] a [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Inevitably , writing for the Cornhill gave him a first experience of the restrictions imposed on authors by the readers of quality magazines , but for the time being he was happy to compromise in the interests of his career .
2 City had not won a League game at Portman Road for 30 years , and had not scored in their last seven visits , but the jinx looked to have come to an end when Gary Flitcroft 's first senior goal for the club gave them a 37th minute lead .
3 I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance .
4 The left-armer denied himself a sixth by wasting a cowardly bouncer on Malcolm .
5 At special stage 20 , the valiant 24-year-old Scot gunned his accelerator as the marshals gave him a five-second countdown .
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