Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [adv] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carol Moseley Braun won in Illinois and thereby became the first black woman , and only the second black person , to serve in the Senate . |
| 2 | She 'd caught two buses across Johannesburg and then walked the last couple of miles to come and find me . ’ |
| 3 | For it was there that Beethoven had enhanced the German grandeur of his music with the words of Schiller 's Ode to Joy and thus took the first step towards reintegrating poetry and music as equal partners in a new and sublime unity . |
| 4 | She succeeded Leif Haraldseth and thus became the first woman to hold the post . |
| 5 | It seemed possible that American impulsiveness or ambition might ignite a powder train from the Far East to Europe and accidentally precipitate the Third World War . |
| 6 | He did so successfully in 1948 , outpointing Vince Hawkins at Birmingham and thus becoming the first black champion to be recognized by the BBBC . |
| 7 | Shearer 's penalty capped a remarkable and decisive seven-minute spell in which Southampton , leading thanks to a 13th minute Iain Dowie header , had seen their visitors come back into the game with a 62nd minute equaliser from Les Ferdinand and then miss a 67th minute penalty through Clive Wilson . |