Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fine church of St Wilfrid dates back to the 12th century , although there is mention of a church in the Domesday Book . |
| 2 | Mansell 's Newman-Haas team-mate Mario Andretti lines up on the first row after finishing second fastest qualifier with 223.414 mph . |
| 3 | But in November 1950 the Chinese sent some 250 000 " volunteers " across the Yalu , and the war swung back in favour of the North Koreans and their allies as they drove the UN forces back to the 38th parallel . |
| 4 | The Causey Mounth dates back to the 12th century , when it was first established as a drover 's road . |
| 5 | Gargy Patel looks back on the first twelve months of the motorway completed after two decades of delay . |
| 6 | A HUMID evening in Boston early last summer ; afternoon rain has cleared , and at Fenway Park the lead-off batter for the visiting Baltimore Orioles steps up for the first pitch from the Red Sox . |
| 7 | The pal then puts his phone receiver to the radio and Mike listens in for the next 90 minutes — cost £6.75 . |
| 8 | As Hilary Land points out in the first of her articles reproduced here , the TUC had been ambivalent and suspicious about the introduction of family allowances throughout the 1930s . |
| 9 | If Margaret Thatcher stands down before the next election , as most voters appear to believe she should , Michael Heseltine is the popular choice to succeed her as Conservative leader , according to the opinion polls . |
| 10 | The golf course is where Nigel Mansell cools down for the next race … and that next race is Silverstone and the British Grand Prix … forget Monaco and Monza … for our Nigel British is still the best … |
| 11 | Debussy takes over for the first two of five of the Eight Piano Pieces Op. 15 , of Dirk Schäfer ( 1873–1931 ) — surprisingly , in view of the derisory remarks Schäfer made about Debussy quoted in the notes . |
| 12 | Julian Sands plays a dissipated Swiss ; Ian Holm an American writer ; and Judy Davis pops up in the second leg of her dual role as Holm 's wife , with whom Weller has incredibly kinky rubber-monster sex . |
| 13 | However , with Colin Dick still on his way home from Australia , Bell fills in as the last man in defence with Alan Simpson and Michael Rainey in the centre . |
| 14 | The envoys — I do not know by what trickery they were deceived [ here Nithard bursts out into the first person ] — thus increased Lothar 's share of the regnum so that it extended as far as the Charbonnière . " |
| 15 | The parish church of St Michael dates back to the 13th century . |