Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] he [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was an ecologist of international significance , widely acknowledged — indeed revered — as the pre-eminent British field botanist of his time , and his prowess was the more remarkable given that he was born , blind in one eye , into a poor Welsh family , that he left school at 14 , and that he spent the first 33 years of his working life as a North Wales quarryman . |
| 2 | He conceded the hole and although he won the 35th two fours at the last saw Rafferty home . |
| 3 | Driver Colin McRae is champion for the second year running … he 's won all six rounds of the home championship … and if he becomes the first Brit since 76 to win the rally he 'll land the bonus prize of a hundred thousand pounds … |
| 4 | And when he heard the first crash he determined to intervene , in some way that would not dispute the authority of the headmaster 's wife . |
| 5 | The interviewer hesitated , and when he asked the next question he sounded faintly embarrassed . |
| 6 | The Merkut clan was camped along the curve of a small lake , and when he saw the first yurts Burun kicked his st'lyan into a gallop , his spirit soaring with anticipation . |
| 7 | But since he knew the first three elements of this expression before he observed his local price , it follows that the observation of his local price amounts to an observation of . |