Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three judges I met included the first woman judge to be appointed in Geurrero State . |
| 2 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 3 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 4 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
| 5 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 6 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 7 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
| 8 | When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling . |
| 9 | I determined to spend the first part of my prison leisure working out my reasons for knowing I was right . |
| 10 | I started work the next day . |
| 11 | I went to court the next morning , was refused bail and was remanded to Holloway . |
| 12 | I had survived the second lap but an ordinary rest would be inadequate now . |
| 13 | ‘ By the time I had scored the third time I did n't feel tired . |
| 14 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 15 | This could also be entitled Stop Press , for it occurred after I had sent the first draft to the Hon. |
| 16 | Er on appointment , like other recruits , I had to serve the first month on night duty . |
| 17 | I hit the first man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down , but I had to shoot the second man . |
| 18 | Obviously , I had started the next craze . |
| 19 | I had remembered the last time I had stood in a garden with a man . |
| 20 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
| 21 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 22 | I felt that he thought I wanted to run the last leg for the glory . |
| 23 | Only once has he come close to losing his rag , when publicly embarrassed by his press secretary , Julie Hall , as she admitted giving the first name of the little girl at the centre of the health election broadcast row to the press . |
| 24 | As I say , if you by the time you get home and then you got to exercise them erm and then you 've got to get back and feed them and then feed yourself and keep warm and think of you know , what you got to wear the next day the time 's gone ! |
| 25 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 26 | ( If you tried to swap the last column of a table without doing so you would jumble up your text ) |
| 27 | ‘ You would n't think it so unexpected if you 'd seen the first nightclub I bought . ’ |
| 28 | Was it because she 'd broken the seventh commandment ? |
| 29 | When she 'd finished the second glass , he was still there , and still trying to catch her eye . |
| 30 | It was a lame apology , but as she plunged into the cooler shadow of the house she knew she 'd used the first excuse which sprang to mind . |