Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason I suppose when I first heard about the money my first reaction was to say ‘ No . |
| 2 | This result means that New Northern will compete in Division I next year . |
| 3 | For example , the written sentence My next destination is Finland and in particular Kuusamo , which is a town close to the Soviet border might be spoken I 'm off to Finland next . |
| 4 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 5 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 6 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 7 | The dinner would have given many motoring journalists their first chance to see the new Mondeo model , which will replace the Sierra . |
| 8 | According to InfoCorp figures believed to be close to the mark , it installed 10,000 units its first year in the business , giving it the number one slot in that market . |
| 9 | This is crucial for the mass-market mover , the car which last year accounted for 59 per cent of all the BMWs sold in the UK . |
| 10 | Jo and Maggie sitting cradling cups of tea , chip papers stuffed into the waste bucket , the kids eating theirs next door in the bedsit , watching television . |
| 11 | Wright , captain of the under-21 side who last season reached the semi-finals of the European Championship , will be in place to receive official recognition of that achievement . |
| 12 | When an experimenter sets up a new group of hens they first fight among themselves . |
| 13 | Reg Akehurst 's horses are running very well and Solidasarock ( 1.30 ) , ridden by Scudamore , should give the Epsom trainer his eighth winner from 13 runners this season in the Curridge Handicap Chase . |
| 14 | JASOORAH , the filly that gave South African-born jockey Michael Roberts his 200th winner of the season , is tipped to overturn hot favourite Daru in the William Hill November Handicap at Doncaster today . |
| 15 | Having made Kuwait his 19th province and sworn never to leave it , he needs ringing international declarations on Palestine , not just hints and mumbles , to blot out the shame of retreat . |
| 16 | Lancashire gave him one of his most memorable finds ( an Old Trafford cupboard crammed with old minute books ) and Surrey his next subject ( George Lohmann ) : ‘ He was a rebel , but also a tragic figure . |
| 17 | For someone over seventy her descent of that great staircase was as good as a frolic ; her satchel swung wildly round merrily bumping her large bottom , her sensible suede shoes skippetty-hopped like the finest quality glass slippers , while her honest tweed skirt flirted up her legs in order to give her long beige knickers their first sight of the sunshine in quarter of a century . |
| 18 | In theory , items can be devised to test the more sophisticated thought processes listed in Bloom 's Taxonomy such as knowledge of trends and sequences , or skills of analysis , but such item writing demands not only a high degree of skill , not often available , it also requires a considerable sophistication in language and comprehension skills which second language learners are unlikely to possess . |
| 19 | The FN on March 30-April 1 , 1990 , held in Nice its eighth congress since the party 's creation in 1972 ; it was attended by 1,600 FN delegates . |
| 20 | In the fourth division , Hereford United play their first home league match of the New Year . |
| 21 | United play their next League match on Thursday next week , against Southampton , and Mr Ferguson will be hoping for a less frenzied atmosphere than the one in which Manchester City 's Neil Pointon was sent off on Tuesday . |
| 22 | A FREE KICK goal two minutes from the end by Jimmy Phillips gave Middlesbrough their first victory , 2–1 over Tranmere , in five League games and improved their Second Division play-off hopes at Prenton Park . |
| 23 | Sunnyvale , California-based MasPar Computer Corp will this week debut its second generation massively parallel system , the MP-2 , claiming it delivers up to five times the performance of its existing MP-1 . |
| 24 | Mm , but I mean when I showed that bloke them first time , when I showed him them cuff links |
| 25 | The outcome has removed strains between members of the committee which last week resulted in Coun. Mrs Scott expressing ‘ disappointment ’ that some other members had written to local politicians about the unit while she was away on holiday . |
| 26 | Scotland 's Sarah Gourlay , from Prestwick , gave Scotland their first victory in the women 's world indoor singles championship in Guernsey last night with a 3–1 final win over defending champion England 's Mary Price . |
| 27 | Today in Colombo , Sri Lanka 's spinners will be aiming to inflict upon England their fourth Test defeat in seven weeks . |
| 28 | With the 23 May air-flight went muster rolls giving relatives at home their first news of survivors in the Force . |
| 29 | The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller . |
| 30 | She has four arms , making her an inescapable foe — one hand holds a sword , one a human head , one is raised in a gesture of peace to trick the unwary , and the other forms a claw , ready to pinion its next victim . |