Example sentences of "and [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 THE United States and Russia yesterday challenged Arabs and Israelis to resume peace talks in April and agreed to hold a first summit between Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin .
2 He said he was afraid the delay over the book had lost him the opportunity of reaching the city in time to take part in any meaningful work , and promised to join the next summer 's dig in June . ’
3 She was alone with the man she believed had killed once and tried to kill a second time .
4 Alistair telephoned — He then discussed the matter with Hazel and decided to take the next day off work .
5 Dana was opinionated and liked to have the last word in an argument .
6 It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day .
7 Janet added : ‘ My husband had a wicked sense of humour and had to have the last laugh in life and death .
8 I do remember we 'd already put his full name on the car and had to remove the last part of it . ’
9 The first letter is very probably authentic , the second probably forged and intended to reinforce the first letter .
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