Example sentences of "[art] [num ord] [noun sg] [vb past] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The sixteenth edition contained the first of the Phoenix schedules .
2 And before those following could rein in and look for cover , or dismount and string their bows , or drive headlong into the trees from which their death was launched , the second volley followed the first .
3 To the immediate right of the First Army lay the Fourth ( General von Auffenberg ) and to the right of that General Brudermann 's Third Army .
4 Said , alright , I said the first week said the first week I said , then it 'll
5 ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre .
6 At York , the first pageant proceeded to the first station at 4.30am , and it would be around midnight when the last play reached the twelfth and last station .
7 The sky above them lit again , and the next rumble produced the first spattering of rain .
8 The next issue reported the second debate and suggested that a model would help MPs to understand the scheme .
9 The next year brought the first indications of the troubles which were eventually to lead to the Goldsmiths ' abandonment of the School a decade later .
10 The popularity of this novel has been linked to its didacticism : a second edition followed the next year .
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