Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 But he thought the Seasiders played better against Blackpool last Saturday when they went down 2–1 to the Fourth Division leaders .
2 The bowmen slipped backwards from tree to tree , fitting and shooting as they could , the lancers aimed for the men rather than the horses , and brought down three in the first onslaught .
3 Strach was in good form , but went off injured in the second half , possibly as a result of Curle doing a fine impression of a large concrete block at him ( for which he was booked ) .
4 After qualifying , he settled at Bath , where he set up one of the first acute psychiatric units in a general hospital in the country .
5 Kenrick Wynne-Jones set up one of the first and best organised of them in Newcastle Wynne-Jones 's work for the Labour Party , added to his success as a chemist , made him a clear choice as a working member of the House of Lords .
6 We got specific money , in other words , the government flagged up that in the first year , there were going to be infrastructure costs , and so there was a specific allowance made for that , and we 've been recruiting gradually , not all at once , over a period of time , as the numbers of people coming into the community care system rise , we 've been recruiting new staff there .
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