Example sentences of "[adj] and [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the fourteenth century , contemplation had become something very different and in the second part of his book , Hilton explained to his nun what the modern , innovative Contemplation involved . |
| 2 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 3 | I was totally conscious and for the first time since my labour started I felt relaxed . |
| 4 | But the question had been unwelcome and for the first time some of his cockiness seemed to have drained from him . |
| 5 | Because they were already in successful careers they were able to learn fast and by the second week our Gofer teams were veteran roadies . |
| 6 | At the first fork they must go left and at the next fork right and so on until they were challenged . |
| 7 | The equaliser brought more boost to Town , than United and for the first time in the game , the Oxford goal was under pressure . |
| 8 | The endowment fund for such masses was enormous and in the thirteenth century some system of regulation was required . |
| 9 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 10 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 11 | In the first place , he 's wealthy and in the second place I never could get on with his father . |
| 12 | For over a week government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance , but the army remained loyal and by the second half of December the workers , movement was clearly on the retreat . |