Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Hill reported at the first general meeting that Lord Hamilton and Sir William Birt of the GER Co. had promised to help the Alliance in ‘ every way they could ’ ( SE 14 October 1899 ) .
2 Stok joined in the last three words as I said them , and then he laughed So loud that I thought he would shake some of the cracked tiles off the wall .
3 The reabsorption into landed society of those families who had suffered in the upheavals of the past decade was to be a slow process , and was to give rise to fresh disputes over lands claimed by families who had been on opposite sides , but Edward showed over the next twenty years that loyalty and service would receive their due reward .
4 The diary Bobby kept over the next few months usefully logs many of the characters and landing stages in Minton 's frenzied circuit .
5 Two years later Eyre brought off the first British professional staging of Cavalli 's Jason at the Buxton Festival .
6 In fact , Hainer Bastian see this exhibition as completing the vision of Picasso presented at the last great retrospective in New York twelve years ago , when the focus was on his Cubist , surrealist and classical phases .
7 Edward cried for the next two days , but there was nothing he could do .
8 The answers Wheatley gave to the first two questions were in favour of retaining the larger unit , but in both cases the government reversed this recommendation in the final legislation .
9 The world No 1 's five-shot overnight lead was ripped apart by Australia 's Great White Shark , who fumbled a 3ft putt on the last green before Faldo won at the first extra hole .
10 Lucy slept after the first few hours , and woke with a start from a nightmare where she was being chased and her feet were weighed down with heavy , heavy shoes .
11 Billie Jean King played in the first five Federation Cup finals .
12 ( The Pentateuch or the Torah is the Law of Moses found in the first five books of the Old Testament . )
13 The money-conscious Sir Henry seized on this point and suggested a £2,000 fee plus £100 for every goal Buchan scored in the next twelve months .
14 The ancient veneration for the rule of law has in England suffered during the last thirty years a marked decline .
15 Though Celtic dominated for the next 15 minutes they failed to kill Dundee off and almost paid the penalty .
16 Faced with the progressive disintegration of the SED-PDS , Modrow called at the ninth round table meeting on Jan. 22 for immediate talks on a grand coalition .
17 Although Il Moro led for the first two legs , New Zealand showed her fearsome ability to climb to windward when she squeezed up from underneath Il Moro to take the lead at the third mark .
18 The CDU/CDM coalition came fourth in the Federal Assembly , the CDU coming third in the Czech National Council while the CDM emerged as the second strongest group in the Slovak National Council .
19 Mrs Bolger who 's expecting a baby next month has not been in court but her husband Ralph sat through the first two days .
20 Here is a sample from conversation with two psychologists , the topic of conversation being the linguistic difficulties — particularly , the intrusions of completely unwanted and irrelevant words — KC experienced in the first few weeks after his stroke .
21 Much is expected of him by India 's neighbours , whose relations with New Delhi deteriorated in the last two years of Rajiv Gandhi 's government .
22 Paul Proctor emerged in the last four minutes to give Peter Henerty 's men a priceless win in Lancashire .
23 The raids against Norway continued through the next three years , 1942–44 , and were mounted in other theatres as more raiding parties were trained .
24 Mungo concentrated on the first two rows .
25 Russel played in the last five minutes of the game which was part of a visit by crew members from the minesweeper to the village near Darlington which gave the vessel its name .
26 Master Mansell INDYCAR points leader Nigel Mansell turned in the second fastest time today in the first day of qualifying for tomorrow 's Detroit Grand Prix .
27 Tobin was completely out of it and Wallace disappeared after the first 10 minutes .
28 TV was then considered ( in Europe and the USA ( to exercise a decisive political influence : de Gaulle emerged as the first French politician who both mastered the instrument , the RTF organization , while proving a charismatic performer .
29 In contrast to Clare , her sister Miranda was leading the fast and frivolous life of the exciting sixties as Britain launched into the first real business boom since Hitler 's war .
30 Intangibles included in the first two components may be capitalised as assets , provided that the company 's directors and auditors are satisfied that the amount at which they are capitalised is no greater than their recoverable amount .
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