Example sentences of "[num] he [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1859 he passed first class in botany in the first examination for teachers organized by the Department of Science and Art , and this was his sole academic qualification . |
| 2 | In December 1918 he came second in the same constituency in the Coupon election . |
| 3 | In World War I he served first with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and then with his father 's regiment , the Scots Guards . |
| 4 | In 1848 he came second in the Chancellor 's medal competition with a poem ‘ The Death of Baldur ’ . |
| 5 | The Beretta 92 had always been Sabrina 's favourite handgun but Graham still secretly hankered for the Colt .45 he had first started to use in Vietnam . |
| 6 | For instance when he visited Manchester in 1814 he wrote 9th September — an exceedingly pleasant ride all the way from Leicester to Manchester … we found my poor mother ( actually his step-mother ) surprisingly well for a person of 80 — dined at Brother 's and drank tea with my mother and Aunt Weston ’ , and on ‘ Sunday , I went to my mother 's and walked back with Aunt Evans to my brother 's , she walked wonderfully for a person of 82½ — drank tea again at my mother 's . |
| 7 | To try to discover the form which put him on the verge of Ryder Cup honours in 1989 he finished 17th on the money list that year Walton has gone through around a dozen putters . |