Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I peeled off five hundreds and gave them to the officer . |
| 2 | Son a Southwark hat manufacturer , Vaughan purchased Constable 's ‘ Haywain ’ from Christie 's in 1866 and presented it to the National Gallery , London that year . |
| 3 | Women prisoners in Armagh had political status until 1975 but lost it in the following year and the numbers in Armagh rose dramatically during the late seventies . |
| 4 | Although official records of dioxins date from the middle of last century , it was an explosion at an Italian chemical plant in Seveso in 1976 that catapulted them into the public arena . |
| 5 | Mr Rooker , MP for Perry Barr in Birmingham , discovered the existence of the POWs Fund in 1976 and publicised it in the Midlands . |
| 6 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 7 | Winchelsey learnt of this bull in December 1296 and published it in the assembly of January 1297 , called to consider the royal demand made in November on which they had deferred a decision . |
| 8 | He also purchased seven drawings attributed to Michelangelo from the Woodburn sale at Christie 's in 1887 and gave them to the British Museum ( five are still accepted as autograph ) . |
| 9 | She lit one and carried it into the ballroom , where the silver light from a large moon cast shadows on to the wood floor . |
| 10 | After deliberating for a little while , the priest selected one and carried it towards the fire . |
| 11 | Alexei took one and nocked it to the bow . |
| 12 | A generous ( anonymous ) benefactor has purchased MiG21F Fishbed-C Red 77 and MiG-23BN Flogger-H Red 23 and donated them to the Museum , where reassembly is underway . |
| 13 | He won East Bristol in 1900 and retained it in the general elections of 1906 and 1910 . |
| 14 | As she passed the new couple her beach bag caught the Factor 15 and knocked it off the table . |
| 15 | She removed the veil , tore it in two and threw it on the floor . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 17 | He took it along to Stationers ' Hall on 2 November 1691 and entered it in the Stationers ' Register to establish copyright of a sort : |
| 18 | A two-goal flourish in the 3-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday lifted his Premier League tally to seven and thrust him into the frame for an England debut in Spain on Wednesday . |