Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [noun sg] to [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’ |
| 2 | The second suspect was a resident of Consett , but on the night in question his wife had given birth to their first child , and the doctor and the midwife both vouched for the fact that the man had never left the house after he came in from work at half-past five until he went to work the next morning , an hour after he had heard his son first cry . |
| 3 | His celebrations were heightened by the news that his wife Carmen had given birth to their second son . |
| 4 | Little more than a year after her marriage , Ermentrude had given birth to her first child , Judith . |
| 5 | The Friar paused to give weight to his next pronouncement . |