Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb past] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |
| 2 | When , at last , some nasty little spots began to appear , and he had spent the last night of the year sitting up in bed and holding his pyjama jacket away from his afflictions , Joan put her foot down . |
| 3 | Hans and he had spent the last winter in Nice and it was the only place he wanted to avoid ; the memories were still too painful . |
| 4 | He was the reigning world champion and he 'd won the first two races of the season . |
| 5 | Those misses obviously eroded Barnes ' confidence , and he tended to play the last half hour of the game with the weight of the world on his shoulders . |
| 6 | He explained that there never had been a bottle of perfume , but he had made the first call in front of his wife who was now quite happy because she thought her husband had merely left her birthday present behind , not , as he had actually done , completely forgotten her birthday . |
| 7 | But he denied killing the third member of the film crew , Mr della Casa 's wife , Rosanna , who has never been found , said the newspaper . |