Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't have long to wait for my first recovery , because the next day a kid arrived at the house carrying the ghastly yellow-coated corpse of a starling . |
| 2 | You 're ready to go for your first sail . |
| 3 | The rest of the class then use these pictures as evidence , discussing the implications of what they are shown in order to plan for their next journey back in time . |
| 4 | On his final outing there was also a lot to like about his fourth to desert Secret and Geisway in the Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot . |
| 5 | I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters . |
| 6 | At the McDermott-Scotland yard at Ardersier , near Inverness , 40 workers are to go after its last job , a jacket for Amerada Hess 's Scott oilfield , was shipped out on Tuesday . |
| 7 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 8 | You will continue to train during your first posting [ normally to a shore-based establishment ] when you will gain your City & Guilds 706/1 . |
| 9 | Eubank goes back into the gym on Wednesday to train for his next fight at London 's Olympia on February 20 , presumably against just another hand-picked mug . |
| 10 | In 1990 they were halted 90 miles from the Pole by wide stretches of open water.Having already travelled more than 500 miles from their starting point in Siberia , they set a record anyway for the longest unsupported polar journey.Then Sir Ranulph abandoned the polar cold for the desert heat , to find Ubar , before again teaming up with Dr Stroud for this winter 's headline-making trek to the South Pole , breaking their own record for the longest unsupported polar journey ever made.They returned in February and Sir Ranulph still can not tolerate running shoes on his frost-bitten feet , to train for his next expedition — ‘ another hot one . ’ |
| 11 | In Latin America , in North and South Africa , in some parts of Asia , and in the Australasian colonies , there had been tentative beginnings to railway-building in the middle of the century , but the great explosion of lines was not to come until its last decade . |
| 12 | It has also produced very comprehensive guidelines about to appear in their third edition . |
| 13 | I think perhaps we 'll ask them to come to our next meeting , or the meeting after that . |
| 14 | MIDDLESBROUGH have been hit by injuries as they prepare to concentrate on their Second Division promotion challenge . |
| 15 | And that would leave City free to concentrate on their first round FA Cup tie with Altrincham in a much happier frame of mind . |
| 16 | But I was surprised to discover on my first full day at Thornfield that Mrs Fairfax was not in fact the owner , as I had assumed , but the housekeeper , and that my new master was a Mr Rochester , who was often away from home . |
| 17 | You said you wanted to come on my first canoe-trip . ’ |
| 18 | Following the completion of Rebel Without a Cause , Warners put him straight to work on his third movie , Giant , an epic directed by George Stevens and featuring a stellar line-up including Elizabeth Taylor , Rock Hudson , Sal Mineo and Carroll Baker . |
| 19 | No , the police 'll want to talk to her first , wo n't they ? |
| 20 | He lured me there a couple of years ago to talk to his sixth form group about the Irish problem . |
| 21 | After the horror stories about the dogs I hesitate to go near my first one , but with us they are just big balls of fur . |
| 22 | BLAYDON Harrier Kirsty Wade is preparing to challenge for her first UK title after winning her 17th Welsh championship gold medal at Cardiff on Saturday . |
| 23 | Given the standard-setting qualities of the team 's FW15 car , which will make its racing debut at Kyalami in 12 weeks , there is every chance Hill may not only win his first race with the Didcot team but also go on to challenge for his first title . |
| 24 | Bangor 's forward power was evident but Banbridge defended well and their defence was not breached again until the 37th minute when McKinty again made the initial surge for Dawson to cross for his second try of the game . |
| 25 | He had been twenty-one when he died of leukaemia , and I had had to help with his last offices and was then sent to escort his body to the mortuary . |
| 26 | Townsend at least gave fans something to shout about with his well taken goal in the 86th minute when Dennis Wise cleverly controlled a Gareth Hall centre for his captain to fire in his fourth goal of the season . |
| 27 | Now , lets say he picks him to play in your next match , and he scores 5 goals . |
| 28 | Loudspeakers admonish us to hurry to our next classroom ( up three flights of stairs and along endless corridors ) . |
| 29 | A NEW TV detective will use breaks between programmes to embark on his first case — to track down investors in the latest sale of BT shares to the public . |
| 30 | In 1979 , when Lloyd Webber severed his links with both Tim Rice and his previous producers , the Robert Stigwood Organisation , to embark on his first solo venture , Cats , potential backers were suddenly thin on the ground . |