Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently congregations made free gilts to their ministers but as these were often wealthy congregations which could also afford a high salary the bonus served as icing to an already rich cake : Joseph Parker , for example , got £1,000 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ministry and John Clifford was given a round-the-world trip when his health failed in 1897 . |
| 2 | They used the doctor 's appearance and concern as a reason for stopping the interview and made plans to return the next morning . |
| 3 | In September 1862 , for example , Alexander ran a risk when he visited Novgorod to celebrate the thousandth anniversary of the putative foundation of the Russian state . |
| 4 | I asked Alan to fish the first drift , in order to settle down , and towards the end he suggested that I put up the dap . |
| 5 | A doctor at Wycombe General , Bucks , told Tom to return the next day and refused to lend him crutches . |
| 6 | The move led Greene to undertake a second review of the material in question . |
| 7 | Did n't he mess up the header/flick on that allowed Sheron to score the first goal ? |
| 8 | Until recently they included plans to build a second airport . |
| 9 | An agreement in September to create a racially bipartisan administration , as a prelude to returning the country to full democracy , prompted Rabuka to stage a second coup on Sept. 25 . |
| 10 | The light speeded up as it got closer to you , but took ages to do the first part of the journey . |
| 11 | It was the geomantic sign and the powerful bull guild which persuaded Bladud to found the first university in the world at Stamford , and its influence made the town prosperous and important in the Middle Ages . |
| 12 | And always it gave time to fit the second shaft and loose the second volley , and redouble the boiling turmoil that was held at a distance by nothing more deadly — but there was nothing more deadly ! — than cloth-yard shafts of wood and steel flighted with a handful of feathers . |