Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not consulted about membership of the Group , and with the exception of Dr Charles Suckling , a member of the Kingman Committee , I met the members for the first time when we assembled in London for our opening working session . |
| 2 | Breeze now met the Vicar for the first time , and thought he was one of the most unconventional people she had ever seen . |
| 3 | On Monday , the managing director , Jacques Calvet , met the unions for the first time but said there could be no discussion of pay until production was resumed . |
| 4 | As Mr Urbanec met the opposition for the first time , it appeared increasingly likely that his predecessor , Mr Milos Jakes , would eventually find himself behind bars . |
| 5 | He had a full scrip of the small white flowers when he made the journey for the seventh time , and saw the three riders pace in at the gatehouse , and stood unobserved to watch Tutilo dismount , part amicably from his guards , and come wearily towards the gatehouse door , as if he would himself take the key and deliver himself dutifully back to his captivity . |
| 6 | A surge of elation rushed through his body as he read the note for the third time , unable to believe the implications of what he was reading . |
| 7 | Er , turning to the media investments , well we all tend to think that the er , the bids tended to be on the high side but er , at least Yorkshire got the licence for the next ten years and they have the option in ninety eight to go for a further ten years and I can tell you er , because I 've had er , lots of conversations with Clive that they 're really working on , on making the best improving their returns from that franchise and I 'm quite sure they 'll succeed . |
| 8 | And it was opener Metcalfe who got the chop for the second time this season after a run of indifferent form . |
| 9 | Eric Alston 's sprinter led the field for the first Sunday race at Doncaster a merry dance under Lester Piggott for just over five furlongs before fading behind Savoyard . |
| 10 | This applied , I planned the routes for the next weekend . |
| 11 | ‘ Watch me , Graham , ’ I insisted , as I tried the move for the third time . |
| 12 | Then he provided the springboard for the second with a long , perfectly-judged touch kick . |
| 13 | These two dimensions provided the basis for the first coherent theories about the connections between the peoples of the world . |
| 14 | The main opposition party , the right-wing Community party ( Atassut ) , lost three seats , leaving it with eight , as some of its support went over to the Centre Party , which entered the legislature for the first time with two seats . |
| 15 | He had forgotten the incident , however , the moment they entered the jungle for the first time , riding on the little saddle ponies which Devraux 's Moi bearers had brought to the road from the hunting camp . |
| 16 | The right-wing Popular Party ( PP ) improved its position and the Alava Union ( UA ) , a new provincial splinter group of PP , entered the parliament for the first time . |
| 17 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 18 | Launched by the Princess of Wales in 1988 , the hospice entered the Awards for the first time using its 1990 accounts which covered its first operational year with a full complement of staff . |
| 19 | On Nov. 29 the new Prime Minister carried out a large-scale reorganization of the ( now all-male ) Cabinet , retaining Hurd as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and appointing Norman Lamont as Chancellor of the Exchequer , while Heseltine became Environment Secretary ( a post which he had held under Thatcher in 1979-83 ) and two ministers entered the Cabinet for the first time : Ian Lang and David Mellor . |
| 20 | She defended successfully in 1888 , did not compete in 1889 and 1890 , but returned to challenge successfully in 1891 and retained the title for the next two years . |
| 21 | So the song ‘ Sunday Papers ’ has had to go ( 'I re-wrote the lyrics for the last tour - called it ‘ Monday Papers ’ . |
| 22 | In 1441 he took over the work from two Venetian architects and supervised the work for the next three decades . |
| 23 | The man stopped the car for the fifth and last time , and there , right outside where Boy lived , they kissed , passionately , scandalously , because by now people were up and there was traffic passing , the first buses and freight lorries on the Commercial Road ; people could have seen them . |
| 24 | Walter Kent , the American composer of The White Cliffs of Dover , visited the town for the first time yesterday and presented an original of the song manuscript to the district council , which will display it in the £14m ‘ White Cliffs Experience ’ due to open in 1991 . |
| 25 | Nissan sponsored the championships for the first time as part of its community relations work . |
| 26 | For it was at Upton Park that United lifted the title for the last time 25 years ago . |
| 27 | Andrevitch surveyed the corridor for the last time as he backed in . |
| 28 | We played The Marquee for the first and only time supporting Eddie And The Hot Rods . |
| 29 | It was then I really noticed the stench for the first time . |
| 30 | Heavy going at Heathfield made for some slow times at the South Down & Eridge , where Chris Gordon scored a double for the second successive Saturday on Kirstenson and Please Explain . |