Example sentences of "serve [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Er on appointment , like other recruits , I had to serve the first month on night duty .
2 George Oldham became the first chairman of any region to serve a second term of office .
3 In his post match press conference Tony Jacklin also chose to stress the marvellous atmosphere the match had been held in before going on to reiterate that he would n't be serving a fifth term as Captain .
4 She still had n't found an answer when the housekeeper came in and served the first course .
5 There was no water , though , for an artificial Thames ; and the whole relic , presently used as a backdrop for the film of A Passage to India , is patrolled by a pensioner who served the last war in South Shields .
6 He then served a second curacy in Drumglass Parish , Dungannon .
7 After Tomkins had served the second glass , Robins looked at me almost quizzically , and said , ‘ I 've seen a few doctors come and go in the islands , but you do n't seem to fit into the usual pattern . ’
8 By the time Aunt Harriet had served a second round of muffins I was n't at all surprised to see my mother happily nodding her approval .
9 Any chance to pursue her line of thought , however , was lost just then when the housekeeper came in to clear away their first course , and , with Ven exchanging a word or two with her , serve the second course .
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