Example sentences of "saw the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murat and the French Ambassador , La Forest , saw the 2nd of May as the opportunity for one of those severe lessons which had been so effective in Naples . |
| 2 | At last he saw the first of the dawn , like light faintly perceived round a corner at the far end of an unknown burrow ; and in the same moment a yellow-hammer sang . |
| 3 | The early 1860s saw the first of a whole series of underground organizations designed to spread populist propaganda and prepare for revolutionary action against the regime . |
| 4 | So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi . |
| 5 | Today saw the first of four weekly auctions , and five tons of holly and mistletoe were brought in by local farmers . |
| 6 | This week saw the second of their massive Kinnockathons , which set out to prove at vast length and with exquisite tedium what Punch first established in May last year , to wit : that both Hansard and the cuttings files are full of daft remarks uttered in the days when the windbag was still a firebrand . |
| 7 | A moment later he saw the second of the men go down with a sharp groan , clutching his balls . |
| 8 | THOSE of you who saw the last of the recent Antiques roadshows from Rochdale will recall seeing a tinplate toy of a vintage open car with the driver holding a horn to his lips . |
| 9 | Alone she saw the last of the adult Callanish eagles fall ; alone she watched . |
| 10 | As she collapsed she saw the last of the assassins crumple , his body lifted once then once again as the shells ripped into him . |