Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ That 's my first win in the race , ’ Paul said afterwards ‘ and I must say La Greine gave me a great run . ’
2 True Confessions in 1981 was an attempt at getting my stage nerve back after a disastrous premature version of Blood and Ice , my first try at a real play , went on in the studio of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry ( ‘ I 'd rather be at the dentist — Birmingham Evening News ’ ) .
3 When I lost my first serve in the first set , it threw me off a bit .
4 My hair jumps as I first go into the deep end
5 I do n't do it when I first go to a place .
6 I first go through the odd numbers in a seemingly random fashion 1 , 5,3,7 , 11 , 9 and then downwards with the even numbers 12 , 8 , 10 , 6,2,4 .
7 But this does not disguise its dated feel in a world of more advanced and dynamic designs .
8 None the less , it was felt , firstly by societies themselves of course but eventually by government , that the existing rules , based on ideas which dated remember from the eighteenth century , placed them at a serious disadvantage .
9 ISDN is currently priced in fixed 64Kb/second chunks , which some see as a limitation : with the latest compression techniques in place , 64Kb is a bit excessive for phone calls , but it is insufficient for some other purposes .
10 The authority of the Prime Minister was also undermined during December by the confusion generated by demands that Japan should mark the 50th anniversary of its 1941 attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbour with a clear apology .
11 The policy decision was to maintain the sterling area , above all in its 1940 form as a zone of exchange control .
12 Public health medicine has in many respects been in the vanguard of specialty training , with a unified training grade combining registrar and senior registrar grades since 1982 and a well structured training programme , which many regard as a model of its kind .
13 Buy the F1 varieties like the Century , Gala , and Pulsar series , which all come in a range of colours .
14 Thus , when he says that changes are ‘ overdetermined ’ he has in mind a variety of factors , some more nearly connected than others , which all contribute to a single outcome .
15 Other pervasive images are those of death , contrasting light and dark and the elation of speed which all contribute to the mysterious and obsessional setting the author creates .
16 Greenhouse crops are susceptible to greenfly , whitefly and red spider mite which all feed on the leaves .
17 The T.V. contains hundreds of parts which all belong to the same set .
18 At most racetracks , horses are put in separate boxes which all open at the front when the race begins .
19 It is from the mind energy patterns , the personal associations , actions , desires and so on , which all lie in the mind , that the next life of a soul is determined .
20 David Rennie earned Birmingham their fourth win on the trot with his first goal for the club .
21 A Paul Diamond double strike , the second of which was a delightful chip , helped Second Division leaders Dale to their fourth win on the trot .
22 David Rush , Brian Mooney and Warren Hawke stand by as Sunderland go for their fourth win in a row .
23 But once Naas Botha equalised in kind , the tourists edged ahead and were out of sight by the time Danie Gerber scored their fourth try in the last minute .
24 Norwich 's victory opened up a four- point lead at the top of the table with their fifth win on the trot .
25 WELSH hopes of their first win against the old enemy for 15 years were crushed by England 's pack power and midfield organisation in Swansea last night .
26 Nottinghamshire are looking for their first win in a one-day competition at Trent Bridge this season .
27 This is the game … this is the goal the Swindon fans will treasure for ever … their first win in the Premiership … it 's taken three months and sixteen games to get it …
28 Despite two good performances to date , Wirral Ladies are still looking for their first win in the Ladies County Championship .
29 You may find that the animals which first come to the microhabitat are eaten by animals which arrive later .
30 For male workers , however , employment was rapidly increasing in the areas of electrical appliances , transportation and furniture which first appear in the 1965 census as well as metal products and some of the areas traditionally open to women — chemicals , paper and rubber ( Chinchilla 1977 ) .
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