Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me first of all why I paint on paper and I 'm using older to paint on . |
| 2 | The Romans and Vikings used them first as routes into the country for conquest and later for trade . |
| 3 | The high priest of Conceptual Art took a cross-section of works from the museum 's collection and chicly installed them next to a range of wall-texts . |
| 4 | I noticed it first in a school photo , when I looked along the rows , she was there , only it was n't , it was a boy called Robbie Cullen . |
| 5 | I took Oliver 's flowers , and fed them petal-first into the grinder , and in just a few minutes I had reduced his gift to a sludge which the cold water was washing away down the waste-pipe . |
| 6 | She kissed him first on his neck , then his face and finally his mouth . |
| 7 | Deeply attached to it , he served it first as a scholar , obtaining first-class honours in both parts of the historical tripos ( 1933 and 1934 ) ; second , as research fellow ( 1938–45 ) , receiving a Ph.D . |
| 8 | Mary Pat Kelly met him first in the mop room of the convent where she was studying to be a nun . |
| 9 | I met him first in the Lubyanka , that brick lump on Manchester 's Oxford Road that serves as home to the BMC . |
| 10 | My wanderings took me first to Beyrout , which I found much too crowded and hilarious . |
| 11 | However , their fortunes were soon to enter on that switchback which took them first to a golden age , and then through impoverishment to extinction as they became first the beneficiaries of factory-produced yarn , and then the victims of their own expansion in numbers and , ultimately , of the power loom . |
| 12 | In July 1815 Hodgskin embarked on a walking tour which took him first to Paris and later to Germany , where he made a detailed study of the political and economic institutions of Hanover . |
| 13 | His search for Tess took him first to Flintcomb-Ash , where he discovered she had never used her married name . |
| 14 | But I took him first to Connor 's Quay to join a sh erm ship there . |
| 15 | Do n't forget to say you saw it first in Ski survey , February/March issue 1991 ! |
| 16 | I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose . |
| 17 | They took it first of all it would be in a cart drawn by a horse . |
| 18 | Yeah , so you coloured it first of all then . |
| 19 | This put me second in the section behind Keith who had 20lb , and as he was in the main money I won the £100 section prize by default . |
| 20 | They awaited him first at Yenipazar , but when Murad refused to see them there , they returned to Edirne to await him . |
| 21 | It was not an efficient rig in the modern yachting sense , and even with the headsail set to a bowsprit , it gave her next to no windward performance . |
| 22 | This he continued to do until his illness confined him first to his room and finally to his bed . |
| 23 | Though 62 per cent put APR first in importance for disclosure , only 22 per cent put it first in importance among credit terms they actually consider when they are buying . |
| 24 | I married me first for looks , and my God , did n't I pay for it ! |
| 25 | Durham revival ended with an 18–12 defeat at home to which left them third from the bottom of Division Four North . |
| 26 | ‘ Yeah , do that , ’ Joe suggested , and he walked over and put his hand behind the man 's head and pushed him face-first into the screen . |
| 27 | They explained it first in these terms : |
| 28 | She blew on the cigar and held it next to my skin . |
| 29 | She hauled out her ID , held it next to her captain 's shoulder patch . |