Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ That 's really what drew me here in the first place , ’ he said quietly . |
2 | We played with Gary player for the first two rounds and he was as miserable as sin about our luck with the weather because we caught it again for the second round . |
3 | At last he was freed , and gritting his teeth , Jack took the small forearm firmly in his hands and lifted it quickly off the last spike . |
4 | unwrap it as I showed you before with the first aid kit , |
5 | Impulses of attraction towards beautiful forms or faces troubled him frequently for the next two years at Oxford . |
6 | But Bosnich almost threw it away in the 38th minute when he fumbled a Jeremy Goss shot and was grateful to see Earl Barrett scramble the ball past the foot of his own post . |
7 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
8 | Our fleet now consisted of three " V " vessels , Venturous , Vigilant and Valiant , all well equipped , modern , purpose-built patrol boats which were worked hard and served us well for the next ten years . |
9 | He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders . |
10 | For Christians , it is a grave mistake to confuse God with our inner desires , even if God placed them there in the first place . |
11 | I watched him carefully in the next few days . |
12 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
13 | We met Audrey and Margaret on the way , and we saw them again at the next stop , Motueka , 60 miles to the north . |
14 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
15 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
16 | IT was out with the old and in with the new and despite the result , Darlington manager Ray Hankin still found much to praise about Quakers ' performance after another home defeat sent them closer to the Fourth Division . |
17 | ‘ Adam brought you here in the first place , my lamb . ’ |
18 | ‘ But you still have n't told me what brought you here in the first place . ’ |
19 | " I knew him briefly in the last days before the Rising , but I know of his work of course . |
20 | ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign . |
21 | The air intake scoops took their final shape ; the chrome trim that divided it longitudinally in the first two cars was finally eliminated . |
22 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
23 | Dundela got it together in the second half and it was Dean Smyth 's turn to save his side . |
24 | McCarrick put them ahead in the eighth minute and they should have settled it in the 67th when Muir had a penalty saved , but Rimmer made no mistake from the spot to level the scores in the 83rd minute . |
25 | He never wanted me there in the first place . |
26 | Rickie seized Thessy 's can , pulled open its top , and hurled it messily after the first . |
27 | Leaving , Nicholas crashed the door open and then , remembering , closed it soundlessly in the last inch of its movement . |