Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd decided at first that her brother deserved what was coming to him , but on reflection no one deserved to be thrown at Guido 's mercy . |
| 2 | Meh'Lindi seemed sated at last . |
| 3 | Mallachy had not liked the crack about actors , because it was a line that Rory had been peddling quite strongly recently , a rod he 'd found at last with which to beat his friend . |
| 4 | But Paul Ince who was the driving force of this victory , which lifted United into third place , warned the Frenchman : ‘ He did some lovely things and he can do the flicks all day if we are winning , but if were losing he 's got to get his foot stuck in . |
| 5 | He has had to gamble on selling before he can buy , that 's why he got rid of first Ray Houghton and then Dean Saunders . |
| 6 | Ray Floyd failed to join them recently when he finished tied for 8th in the Bank One Classic . |
| 7 | On a much more optimistic note , the European Open marked a change in fortunes for Sandy Lyle — he finished tied for 8th place on 284 — and also saw Russell Claydon in fine form on his professional debut in the British Isles . |
| 8 | Mr Darman felt burnt by last year 's clean-air act . |
| 9 | Although his manner appeared reserved on first meeting , he could be a genial , friendly , and charming companion . |
| 10 | The clouds had parted at last , and the western sky was flooded with shining gold . |
| 11 | Mrs Bottomley said that in her South-West Surrey constituency she had heard at first hand many stories of personal anguish , crisis and despair in the last hard year . |
| 12 | Waving a fist at the camera , Cameron Nielson recited the names of those blacklist casualties he had avenged at last . |
| 13 | One of the leading dissidents reflected the wider view , when Winston Churchill thanked Mr Heseltine for the ‘ considerable distance ’ he had travelled since last year . |
| 14 | The water cooled too quickly for her to stay long in the bath , but afterwards she lay fully dressed on the bed for a while , listening , her spirits rising as she realised that the wind had dropped at last . |
| 15 | Mattan , who had taken over the yellow jersey from Lillywhite in Leicester on Saturday , started yesterday 33 seconds ahead of Lillywhite but had dropped to fourth place overall by the end of the day . |
| 16 | Peirson had resigned on 1st February 1651 , and there were two candidates for the post , William Duncan and Thomas Coombes . |
| 17 | Even the child in Molly 's arms smiled sleepily when her sisters told her that the water had come at last . |
| 18 | The time had come at last for Confucius to bow to the sages of the modern world ! |
| 19 | The birds gave voice so vigorously that relief that the sun had come at last might almost be detected in their song — the warm , exhilarating sun . |
| 20 | The competition was to take place in August and , although she was for ever panicking about what they still could n't do , she tended to overlook how far they had come from first beginnings . |
| 21 | On 20 May 5 Corps had reported to Eighth Army on the meeting which had taken place the previous evening between Brig Low and Col Ivanovitch . |
| 22 | It was the first time the bishops had met following last November 's historic vote by the Church of England 's General Synod in favour of women 's ordination as priests . |
| 23 | True , he had struggled at first to satisfy his beautiful young bride ; he had been too long a bachelor and too set in his ways . |
| 24 | The girl had struggled at first , but Bernice had reassured her : They 'll bring me to you in just a minute , she 'd said . |
| 25 | " My sons told me you lost your wife in a swimming accident four years ago , Monsieur Devraux , " she had said at last , speaking quietly in French . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought that they were extinct , ’ Zach had said on first seeing her riding it . |
| 27 | " Confound it , Lovat , " she had said upon first setting eyes on Topaz . |
| 28 | This was immediately confirmed by a sound similar to that which my own shoulders had made on first entering the narrow space . |
| 29 | Many had to borrow money , a need that had grown since last year 's replacement of social security single grants for urgent needs or repairs by social fund loans . |
| 30 | The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe . |