Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He led into the first corner , and for two third of the Belgian race looked to be completely in control . |
| 32 | and said that Christopher was on interview and er if he got through the first part to the second part he would in the afternoon he would give us a ph a ring , erm but he , by ten to two he had n't phoned so she assumed he was on his way back having |
| 33 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |
| 34 | When he got to the fourth screen he stood it up for her to inspect . |
| 35 | And by the time he got to the next corner , we 'd be back on the corner . ' |
| 36 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 37 | In doing so , however , he admitted for the first time that he had made " every effort " to obtain the release of the hostages . |
| 38 | How much did he earn in the fourth week ? |
| 39 | He headed for the Seventh Day Adventist College , New Bold in Berkshire . |
| 40 | Bull exploited hesitancy in the Polish defence when he headed in the second goal in the 36th minute , again from a Smith cross , after good work by David Batty . |
| 41 | ‘ He lives on the sixteenth floor of the RCA building . |
| 42 | He drew on the first cigarette for eight years , nearly choked , and wheezed : ‘ First today , anyway . |
| 43 | At the beginning Dickens piles up adjectives in order to set the scene and build atmosphere as is shown when he writes in the first chapter |
| 44 | He writes in the last paragraph , ‘ It should be borne in mind that for the creation of a climatic regime managed by man , further progress of science and engineering is necessary which would permit a considerable increase in the present production of energy . |
| 45 | ‘ Here 's fifty , ’ he shouts at the next table . |
| 46 | He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’ |
| 47 | He stopped at the first opportunity , and emerged with a lead of 45secs . |
| 48 | Meanwhile , former Tottenham player Gary Lineker 's Japanese adventure got underway when he trained for the first time with his Grampus Eight teammates at Nagoya yesterday . |
| 49 | Alexander ‘ Greek ’ Thomson has an international reputation for the buildings he designed during the last century . |
| 50 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
| 51 | But we do have to do everything he wants for the next month or so . ’ |
| 52 | He says for the first time in his life , he 's known what life must have been like for the old masters . |
| 53 | He says of the first degree that it happens when no other desire can divert love from God and " all labyr is lyght to a lufar " , signalling a vivid apprehension of the joy at the heart of the work of redemption . |
| 54 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 55 | After reading the signpost , the user moves off in the direction of his choice until he arrives at the next crossroads . |
| 56 | ‘ When he played in the second row there is no space for him to run into . |
| 57 | Next season , when he made his sole first-class century ( 101 against WA at Perth ) , he played in the second Test against South Africa , at Melbourne , and took four wickets . |
| 58 | As he tiptoed to the next flight he was distracted by a dreadful howling sound , worse than Plutarch at her most aggrieved . |
| 59 | Clinton needed five stitches in an eye cut he suffered in the first round , when he also badly displaced the knuckles on his left hand . |
| 60 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |