Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [adv] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was champing at the bit to investigate Stanford shopping precinct before my 2 p.m. hospital appointment with Dr Levy and his team , so Kenneth hastily finished his third helping and we walked the short distance to the precinct . |
| 2 | ‘ It was my best ever Christmas present , ’ says Marcelle . |
| 3 | I remember the shock of realizing that this was my last ever second-year class , then my last ever third-year class , and then people started asking me about my leaving party . |
| 4 | In October last year the National Trust launched one of its largest ever countryside appeals . |
| 5 | Last week the Cherry and Whites suffered their heaviest ever league defeat . |
| 6 | India 's brave resistance ( they had scored 302 runs on the final day ) had ended 39 short of an unlikely victory , the exciting climax forcing Channel 9 to do the unthinkable and postpone their 6 pm news programme by 10 minutes . |
| 7 | In many ways it was an astonishing reception for a club occupying its highest ever League position and with an unbeaten record in 11 home games . |
| 8 | P&O Exhibition Services held their first ever golf day at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Surrey last month , with the aim of raising money for the charity , Motability . |
| 9 | THE young people of St Thomas More deanery are all out to celebrate their first ever youth day on Sunday , November 22 , The Feast of Christ the King and National Youth Sunday . |
| 10 | The ladies ' K4 was significant not so much for the Germans and Hungarians in the first two places but for the Chinese who took the bronze , their first ever World medal . |
| 11 | STUDENTS who gained National Awards will be honoured when Darlington College of Technology holds its first ever Graduation Ceremony . |
| 12 | Hampshire captured its first ever county title when its men 's team triumphed at the recent LTA Winter Indoor County Closed Championships at Telford . |
| 13 | Julie Peeke , 33 , of Minors Crescent , Darlington , looped the loop on her first ever aeroplane flight . |
| 14 | In the build up to her first ever world tour , the now seasoned campaigner decided it was time to kill the cutesy girl-next-door and reflect the reality of what had happened to her over the previous two years . |
| 15 | He feels most people , given the correct materials and tools , can build their own all glass aquarium following his plan . |
| 16 | THE Rugby League have mounted their biggest ever advertising campaign in London to promote the Stones Bitter World Cup final showdown between the Lions and the Kangaroos . |
| 17 | In the premiership we have swindon town … on the bottom … still searching for the their first league win of the season … in the first division we have Oxford United. , … on the bottom … with just two wins all season … in the third division we have Hereford United five off the bottom … again just two league wins … in rugby 's first division we have Gloucester one off the bottom recovering from their biggest ever league defeat |
| 18 | HIGH-FLYING Tranmere jet off to Italy for their midweek European tie perched on their loftiest ever league placing of second in division one . |
| 19 | And you could see them all so nervousness anxiety that I was n't told about . |
| 20 | As Gillespie remarks , even in Edinburgh , the craft unions were able to see to it that only union men worked Linotypes , and " by the end of the century , it was generally agreed that the effect of machines on employment had not been so bad as feared " . |
| 21 | Joey managed to fill third place behind Scots rider Jim Moodie , who joined Carl Fogarty in scoring his first ever North-West win . |
| 22 | On Sunday 18 April , Dave was preparing himself for his first ever parachute jump to raise money for charity [ and to overcome his own fear of heights and aeroplanes ] when he heard that the jump had been cancelled due to bad weather . |
| 23 | Young Richard Kirk was n't content with a fine 7 lb 2 oz bream when he ventured out with his dad on his first ever fishing trip — he went on to bank ten others to 6 lb ! |
| 24 | But for the final word on the huge difficulties facing Chancellor Lamont in his last ever springtime budget , we should heed the wise words of Prime Minister Major : ‘ It will take some time , it always does , to change the economy . |
| 25 | Your Royal Highness , ladies and gentlemen , welcome to this annual public meeting in this , our seventy forth anniversary year . |
| 26 | Teacher : ‘ … definitely our best ever school visit . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It was our best ever medal haul in the championships since I started coaching in 1961 , ’ said Long . |