Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became arguably the first industrial designer , working in ceramic , glass , metal , furniture , wallpapers , and textiles . |
| 2 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
| 3 | The outside-half thereby became only the second player , after Neil Bennett in the 1970s , to score 300 points in a season for Bedford . |
| 4 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
| 5 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 6 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
| 7 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 8 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside the other greats . |
| 9 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 10 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
| 11 | He became only the seventh Briton to wear the champion 's laurels . |
| 12 | You now have a complete record of the super season in which Mansell became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels . |
| 13 | Couples not only finished top of the US rankings but became only the eighth player in history to win the Vardon Trophy , awarded for the lowest stroke average , and the PGA Player of the Year . |
| 14 | The 28-year-old Dutchman , winner in 1988 and 1989 , became only the third player to be crowned three times after compatriot and mentor Johan Cruyff and Frenchman Michel Platini . |
| 15 | PETER EBDON yesterday became only the third player to compile two 147 breaks in professional snooker tournaments . |
| 16 | The 28-year-old from Liverpool became only the third player to simultaneously hold both the world and UK titles when he triumphed at Preston a year ago . |
| 17 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
| 18 | In Chihuahua , where a turnout of 63 per cent of those eligible to vote was reported , Barrio became only the third non-PRI state governor . |
| 19 | The Great Britain scrum-half became only the fourth player in history to score ten tries in a match — equalling team-mate Martin Offiah 's club record set against Leeds in the Premiership semi-final last May . |
| 20 | PROFESSOR David Wilkie last night became only the fourth person to receive a gold medal from the Faculty of Actuaries in its 137-year existence for his contribution to the development of actuarial science . |
| 21 | Three hundred and forty years later , in 1918 , the National Education Association and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools , in the United States , approved the so-called Certain Standards ( named after the chairman of its working party , Carl Caspar Certain ) which laid down the first standard specifications for a secondary school library . |
| 22 | Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ . |
| 23 | Catriona wiped down the last of her tables and suddenly realised that the conversation around her had stopped . |
| 24 | Facing a financially bleak Christmas , he scrimped together every last penny to afford presents for the four boys . |
| 25 | By 1793 they provided only a fifth . |
| 26 | She caught only the last few words : ‘ the sooner this dangerous person is apprehended the better ’ , and switched off in frustration . |
| 27 | We rose early the next morning awoken by the clanging of the abbey bells . |
| 28 | We rose early the next morning . |
| 29 | So he took it , and played something soft and sad , something plaintive and melancholy that rose up every third line as if it was going to shake off its sorrow and fly forward and free ; but then in the fourth it curled back on itself and fell again : reluctantly , sometimes , but always resignedly , as if it knew it was going to fall ; as if it had been striving and falling back again for hundreds of years . |
| 30 | She drew up a second chair and came and sat by him . |