Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] in [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without doubt , Anne Bancroft emerged as your shining example of growing old gracefully , with Judi Dench following in second place and Diana Rigg a close third . |
| 2 | Mr Simon Heffer argued in last week 's Spectator that welfarism is once more coming to characterise the British , having been repulsed during the Thatcher years : ‘ The plaintive , dependent-relative voice of the something-for-nothing society , heard on almost every street in this campaign , was a little harder to find five years ago . ’ |
| 3 | He said Mr Lamont declared in last year 's Budget he had ‘ no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT ’ . |
| 4 | After an amazing cross country round yesterday with her agile horse Knockdrin Vina finished in first position with 49 points after the dressage , and is hoping for a clear round today to win the £1,500 national championship and title . |
| 5 | But Liverpool 19-year-old Steve Smith qualified in second place for the final by clearing 2.29 . |
| 6 | It was hardly likely to be repeated in 1977 , when Niki returned to form with a vengeance and ran off with the championship by a huge margin , leaving Master James stranded in fifth place . |