Example sentences of "[num] [adv] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1822 there came to the parish as rector , the great Walter Henry , a graduate of King 's College , Cambridge , and a Fellow of the Royal Society . |
| 2 | How many times have i nearly wept at the destruction of delicate little scallops at the hands of ignorant or insensitive chefs ? |
| 3 | Section 8 only came into the argument because it was contended on behalf of Mrs. Gillick that , but for section 8 , no minor could ever consent to medical treatment and that section 8 was designed only to lower the age of consent to such treatment from 18 to 16 : see [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 123 , per Parker L.J. , and at p. 144D , per Fox L.J . |
| 4 | First of all , they viewed the Marischal College , and at one o'clock went to the Town House , or Town Hall , where the magistrates waited to honour their distinguished visitor . |
| 5 | The Republican administration of the 1920s also responded to the desire of business for protection against foreign competition . |
| 6 | Relations between the two gradually deteriorated during the reign of Charles II and became severe in the reign of his successor , James II . |
| 7 | The same impulse which led to the Great Exhibition of 1851 also led to the founding of the School of Mines , following the French , and of the Royal College of Chemistry , which was intended to bring Liebig 's methods to Britain . |