Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon afterwards a wind sent the last of its bright leaves spiralling down . |
| 2 | Shooter , described in court as a salesman , was caught after a plain-clothes police officer posed as a courier taking the first of the blackmail money to a pick-up point at Edinburgh Airport . |
| 3 | It was a relief to see the last of them . |
| 4 | There is a summary , your proof , your appendices , there 's a letter dated the fourth of February from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust , there is a special statement , and last , and only just received in the last few minutes , there is a supplementary note by Doctor on the Greater Crested Newt and its importance in relation to Skelton Pond . |
| 5 | An owl tops the first of the two sculptures unveiled by Jilly Cooper today . |