Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , let there be someone around , she prayed silently , as she made the car fly the last few metres . |
| 2 | Anthony Coburn got the commission to write the first story by a notable stroke of good fortune . |
| 3 | The increases were met by a series of strikes and protest demonstrations which , together with the threat of a national strike , led the government to withdraw the second price rise on Dec. 10 . |
| 4 | Kenny then excelled in the higher sphere and helped the Palace to gain the 2nd Division championship with the club 's best-ever defensive record , and to reach the top of the Football League in September 1979 . |
| 5 | Bill received the medal to mark the 40th anniversary of the ending of the second world war . |
| 6 | In March 1770 Mozart received a commission to write the first opera for the following carnival season in Milan . |
| 7 | Secondly , the Congress adopted a resolution initiating the First Five Year Plan ( FFYP ) of industrialisation and collectivisation of agriculture , both of which had long been advocated by the opposition . |
| 8 | She became the elfin presence , the luck charm , the sweet pet of the forest : and when she was sixteen , she met William , four years her senior , a carpenter just out of his apprenticeship in Lorton — the next village on from Buttermere — who came every week to make the first selection of wood from her father 's stock . |
| 9 | The Maldives government also claimed the right to host the fifth summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) instead of Sri Lanka , which as current chair had been due to do so in 1989 , but which had refused owing to the continuing presence in Sri Lanka of Indian troops [ see also p. 37357 ] . |
| 10 | They also welcomed the prospect of a unified Germany ; reaffirmed the commitment to reduce the Third World 's debt burden , specifically supporting proposals to extend repayment periods put forward by the Paris Club of creditor countries ; and reiterated the commitment to combat drug trafficking . |
| 11 | The prince unveiled a plaque to mark the 600th anniversary of the swannery , which was founded by Benedictine monks . |
| 12 | He was busy in the bottom of the second punt , and when he climbed out of it he cut the rope securing the first punt with his sword , and then used his foot to launch it out across the water . |
| 13 | On July 2 Alia signed a decree pardoning the last political prisoners in Albania [ for earlier releases of political prisoners see pp. 37972 ; 38017 ] . |
| 14 | The examples listed here were all from hoards , and included a dish depicting the First Labour : the hero strangling the Nemean Lion . |
| 15 | The Oldham defence was caught napping when Paul Rideout 's cross was flicked on by John Ebbrell and the unmarked Cottee lost no time blazing a first time shot past Paul Gerrard from six yards . |
| 16 | The Oldham defence was caught napping when Paul Rideout 's cross was flicked on by John Ebbrell — and the unmarked Cottee lost no time blazing a first time shot past Paul Gerrard from six yards . |
| 17 | The Alliance called a general strike the next day , but cancelled further demonstrations , fearing fresh violence . |
| 18 | England needed an hour to remove the last two wickets . |
| 19 | This in turn made the looking harder , but eased the pressure to accept the first thing that came along . |
| 20 | Lady Porter , the council 's leader , thought the occasion merited a second trumpet-blast — so she resigned . |
| 21 | Unfortunately the result was disappointing and years later , in about 1955 , he took the trouble to have a second operation to improve its appearance . |
| 22 | It took a while to identify the first two but we 've finally managed to do that . |
| 23 | They took an hour to reach the first town , and another hour to find the tourist office and fend off boys with motor bikes who rapped on the windows . |
| 24 | On Dec. 18 the Georgian parliament issued a statement suspending the second round of Russian-Georgian talks on bilateral relations currently under way in Moscow and recalling Georgia 's delegation . |
| 25 | In the autumn of 1984 I introduced a bill to bring the first pension reforms into effect . |
| 26 | It had the right to annul the first round of voting , if it found sufficient evidence of irregularities , and to organize new elections within two months . |
| 27 | It has been held under an equivalent section in England that , an adjournment having once been allowed on the ground that some requirement was not complied with , the justices had no power to adjourn a second time because another irregularity had occurred : R. v. Poole JJ. [ 1951 ] 2 T.L.R. 261 . |
| 28 | On Thursday 27the May representatives of the PCC and the PC together with Mrs D Bellinger from WBC and Ms K Scivyer of the Rural Housing Trust held a meeting to discuss the next steps . |