Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became arguably the first industrial designer , working in ceramic , glass , metal , furniture , wallpapers , and textiles . |
| 2 | The headlights revealed only the worn flagstones of the farmyard , the archway into the byre on the ground floor of the house , the crumbling steps that had once given access to the living quarters above . |
| 3 | A thorough search of the Sea Rover revealed only the charred remnants of what was later analysed as cannabis , blowing around the decks . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The outside-half thereby became only the second player , after Neil Bennett in the 1970s , to score 300 points in a season for Bedford . |
| 6 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
| 7 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
| 8 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
| 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 the other greats . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He became only the seventh Briton to wear the champion 's laurels . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | PETER EBDON yesterday became only the third player to compile two 147 breaks in professional snooker tournaments . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | As it turned out , by 1989 Britain got only the half-built Sizewell B. |
| 24 | Soon the tannoy system announced all the lower school messages : Mrs Joiner and I were deafened and it was sufficiently painful for me to feel relief when it stopped . |
| 25 | The connection was of particular significance when the site for the new Welshpool station was under consideration because the Company owned only the trackbed at Raven Square and is indebted to Powis Estates for providing the site for the station and car park . |
| 26 | But her family owned only the upper floor of Damiani 's old house . |
| 27 | The wind whipped down the narrow side-streets and alleys , whistling in the wide estuaries . |
| 28 | A law signed on March 5 ( given in full in Rossiskaya gazeta of May 6 ) laid down the legal foundations of individual and state security and set up a Security Council responsible for this area , chaired ex officio by the Russian President . |
| 29 | His most effective early church planter laid down the great missionary principle of becoming all things to all men that by all means he might win some . |
| 30 | It laid down the general principle of comprehensive education which would have ended selection over a period ( but this was repealed in the 1979 Act ) . |