Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used up the last of the film and we headed towards the airfield . |
| 2 | She poured out the last of the coffee , then looked up into my horrified eyes . |
| 3 | She sniffed away the last of her tears and slipped the piece of dirty , rose-covered wallpaper into her carrier bag . |
| 4 | It is time we took up the second of my headings , language as screen . |
| 5 | For example , they selected only the second of Byrd 's two four-part In Nomines , and neither of the models ( by Tye and Parsons ) that were evidently in Byrd 's mind when he composed his own pair . |
| 6 | The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall . |
| 7 | As he turned away the second of his pursuers appeared on the pavement in front of him , drawing its hand from his pocket . |
| 8 | His most productive bowling season was 1952 , when he chalked up the first of his five successive championships . |
| 9 | He washed down the last of the bread with a mouthful of tea and stood up . |