Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was privately educated , and then went to Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford , where she took a third class in classical honour moderations in 1897 . |
| 2 | Rosalind was educated at St Paul 's Girls ' School and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she received a first class in part i ( 1940 ) of the natural sciences tripos and a second in part ii ( division I ) in 1941 . |
| 3 | Ray was educated at Kensington High School and Newnham College , Cambridge , where she received a third class in part i of the mathematics tripos ( 1908 ) . |
| 4 | Debbie also travelled to Scarborough for the event , where she gained a First Dan . |
| 5 | On 15 September some 80 guests were present at an Overseas Reception at London Weekend Television House , where they had a first class view of the flypast from the eighteenth floor . |
| 6 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 7 | He was educated at the Perse School , Cambridge , and won a scholarship to Pembroke College , Cambridge , where he received a first class in part i of the English tripos in 1928 and a first class with distinction in part ii in 1929 . |
| 8 | In 1901 he won an exhibition to Trinity College , Cambridge , where he received a second class ( division I ) in part i of the moral sciences tripos ( 1904 ) and a first class in part ii ( 1905 ) . |
| 9 | He was educated at Merchant Taylors ' School and Caius College , Cambridge , where he received a third class in part i of the natural sciences tripos ( 1921 ) and a second in part ii in 1922 ( chemistry ) . |
| 10 | Before the cholera outbreak in Two Years Ago ( 1857 ) , where he makes a second appearance , he alone among the landowners takes the doctor 's advice and sees that the pig keeps its distance from the cottage , and that the cottages themselves are thoroughly scoured . |
| 11 | He was educated at Winchester and at University and Exeter Colleges , Oxford , where he obtained a second class in literae humaniores in 1850 . |
| 12 | He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College , Oxford , where he obtained a second class in modern history in 1911 . |
| 13 | Clough was educated at Rugby School and St John 's College , Cambridge , where he obtained a first class in the natural sciences tripos in 1874 and an MA in 1878 . |
| 14 | He was educated at Marlborough College , to which he had a lifelong devotion , and at Balliol College , Oxford , where he captained both the cricket and hockey XIs and where he obtained a first class in classical honour moderations ( 1924 ) and second classes in mathematical moderations ( 1924 ) and literae humaniores ( 1926 ) . |
| 15 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he obtained a third class in the classical tripos in 1869 . |
| 16 | He was educated at Rossall School and Magdalene College , Cambridge , where he obtained a third class in English in 1921 , having abandoned law after a short time . |
| 17 | ‘ Jock ’ Swire was educated at Eton and University College , Oxford , where he obtained a third class in jurisprudence in 1913 . |
| 18 | He was bought up as a Catholic and a socialist and was educated at Harrow County School for Boys and Peterhouse , Cambridge , where he gained a first class degree in history . |
| 19 | Winnicott was educated at The Leys School , Cambridge , and then at Jesus College , Cambridge , where he gained a third class in part i of the natural sciences tripos in 1917 , as a preliminary to qualifying in medicine . |
| 20 | When Granpa brought us all home from midday mass there was still no sign of Dad , so I had a second night with the double bed all to myself . |
| 21 | Once you have a first brood then the stage is set for repetitions . |
| 22 | Right so they had a third X cubed or X cubed over three . |
| 23 | But what was good enough for the Kybergs was hardly likely to be good enough for the Habsburgs , so they built a second wall , only a few yards away . |
| 24 | I also wonder what will happen if I have a second child — Mark might not make it back from work in time to be with me . ’ |
| 25 | If she sprouts a second head or grows fangs — I 'll shoot her . |
| 26 | If you add a second set of stripes , at right angles to the first but also moving at right angles to their axis , the person will not see two sets of stripes but a set of chevrons moving at 45 degrees to the true directions of movement . |
| 27 | Another twenty quid if you have a second television set on your licence , I wonder ? |
| 28 | That if you have a second telly in the house , you should pay twenty pounds extra in licence money for it . |
| 29 | I wonder if you should pay twenty pounds more again if you have a third set and again if you have a fourth set . |
| 30 | In other words , if you have a sixth form in a school you get so much so many thousands of pounds because you 've got a sixth form . |