Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this announcement the powers which had occupied and divided Germany after the Second World War effectively accepted the inevitability of early German unification , although the statement contained no indication of the four powers ' preferred timetables for unification or for the two-plus-four negotiations . |
| 2 | Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner . |
| 3 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |
| 4 | BHUTAN : AI visited Bhutan for the first time in January at the invitation of King Jigme Wangchuck . |
| 5 | A year later Moore captained England for the first time , against Czechoslovakia . |
| 6 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
| 7 | They will also be showered with gifts like top-of-the-range Mercedes cars and luxury apartments if they can spring a World Cup upset and beat England for the first time . |
| 8 | For much of their service the Perths operated from Mount Batten , flew exercises over the Irish Sea , participated in naval manoeuvres by co-operating with the British Fleet , and used Stranraer as a second base . |
| 9 | Computer Reseller News and its vendor sources say Intel , which already bumped Pentium into the first quarter , will be delaying it until late next year because of those heat dissipation and manufacturing problems we told you about ( UX No 410 ) . |
| 10 | But , within 60 seconds , the visitors opened the scoring when former International , Niall Sturrock , beat Larmour at the second attempt with a well placed lob after a poor clearance by Nicky Blease had produced the initial chance . |
| 11 | Bari punished Pompey in the second half when Caglianelli and Alessio struck twice in 40 seconds , with Capocchiano adding a late third . |
| 12 | In November Nelson Mandela , deputy president of the African National Congress , visited Swaziland for the first time since his February release . |
| 13 | The 24-year-old Bromborough plus one man moves in at the expense of Royal Liverpool 's Ian Farrall , who is the only one out of the team which beat Cumbria in the first league match at Seascale . |
| 14 | In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre . |
| 15 | Nguyen Van Linh , the former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( CPV ) , visited China during the first half of May . |
| 16 | Wigan will meet Oldham in the semi-finals of the Greenalls Lancashire Cup if they beat Swinton in the second round next Tuesday . |
| 17 | Owen was , they declared : Did they , one wonders , ponder on the words ‘ illustrious disciple ’ as they dismissed Marx to the second rank of the misled and misleading who had got their economics so grossly wrong ? |
| 18 | Honest , lovey , ’ the dresser said as she helped Constance into the first dress . |
| 19 | I drew Lewis in the second round and came in second behind him . |
| 20 | Now in January 1979 , as he fled Teheran for the second time in his life , the Shah had intended to fly on to America after just a few day in Egypt . |
| 21 | As it happened , Walter Kamm almost dismissed Joyce after the first audition . |
| 22 | In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time . |
| 23 | Hateley , who virtually single-handedly beat Leeds in the last round , said : ‘ We could have been 4–0 down . |
| 24 | They returned in April , and in June visited Leeds for the last time . |
| 25 | When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm afraid this tunic is a little on the tight side , ’ she told Marianne at the first fitting of her costume , after tugging ineffectually at the zip on the shimmery silver material . |
| 27 | He became increasingly concerned that the monarchical regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II , which committed Germany to the First World War , was over-dominated by military and bureaucratic interests at the expense of the national interest . |
| 28 | The alarm clock woke Claudia for the second time and she sniffed appreciatively at the aroma penetrating her room . |
| 29 | However , Mitterrand denied on Jan. 20 that there was any geographical limitation on French commitment to the allied force and on Jan. 24 French aircraft bombed Iraq for the first time . |
| 30 | ‘ They played Ards on the first day of the season and wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win . |