Example sentences of "[conj] in may [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was so successful that in May 1873 they took a lease on the Small Hall at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , and opened 26 May 1873 . |
| 2 | Despite his resignation , the Civil Aviation Authority decided to prosecute and in May 1991 he was found guilty by a jury and fined Pounds 2,000 plus £1,600 costs . |
| 3 | At the end of his mayoralty he founded six almshouses at St Helen 's Bishopsgate , with the Skinners as trustees , and in May 1553 he obtained letters patent for the erection of a free school , Tonbridge School , again with the Skinners ' Company as trustees . |
| 4 | His influence grew by the season , and in May 1951 he achieved , at The Oval , what were to be his career-best batting and bowling figures : 87 against Glamorgan ( 10 fours and a six ; 161 in 110 minutes with Geoff Whittaker for the ninth wicket ) and 7 for 49 on a helpful pitch against Lancashire . |
| 5 | By then Chapman 's name was being linked with Leeds City , and in May 1912 he accepted an offer to take over as secretary-manager of the Yorkshire club . |
| 6 | After the war , Bank use of the hotel began to diminish and in May 1949 it was sold to a member of staff who ran it for many years on his own account . |
| 7 | On the third occasion , however , he was classified as C3 , one of the lowest categories available , and in May 1940 he joined the Colours as a private in that most unfashionable of units , the Pioneer Corps . |
| 8 | The Princess had become patron of the hospital , where her father made his miraculous recovery after his cerebral haemorrhage in 1978 , and in May 1988 she had agreed to attend a gala performance of The Magic Flute at the London Coliseum . |
| 9 | However , it was on financial policies that he chose to oppose his senior colleague , the lord treasurer Thomas Osborne , first Earl of Danby [ q.v. ] , and in May 1676 he was dismissed , losing his pension in 1678 and his place in the council in 1679 . |
| 10 | ‘ But in May 1945 I did not know that they would be killed and I did not know until Count Tolstoy drew it to my attention in 1979 , 1980 and 1985 . |
| 11 | However , he does not seem to have felt so strongly about public affairs , when in May 1768 he refused a seat on the bench . |
| 12 | When in May 1951 he returned from his holiday in Spain , for example , he had at once to prepare for three different public engagements in the following month — the first weekend was to be spent at Brighton for the annual meeting of the Alliance Française , occasions which he now found appallingly dull ; then he was obliged to make a speech on behalf of the Cecil Houses Trust for old people , and give an address at Chichester Cathedral . |