Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from his engravings , for which he became particularly well known , he was an excellent portrait painter and his painting of four children — one of whom became the fifth Duke of Devonshire — in the grounds of Chiswick House , probably attracted him to Chiswick , an area considered by many notable persons at that time , as very healthy . |
| 2 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 3 | Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks . |
| 4 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 5 | Now I became the second edition . |
| 6 | I asked the Second Son . |
| 7 | I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around . |
| 8 | I made a last minute decision to go to this game . |
| 9 | Latter and I made the second ascent of Fer de Lance on sight , confirming the E6 6b grade . |
| 10 | I produced a first version of that track in a week and they had it on the TV the next night ! |
| 11 | I was not aware that circumcision might be a painful , controversial , and perhaps an unethical procedure , but I planned the next attempt in compliance with the editor 's requests . |
| 12 | Actually I , I passed the next star test . |
| 13 | There was a spring in my step and when Craig Brewster played a nice through ball into the box , my old legs managed to carry me there and I got a second goal that I did n't expect . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 15 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |
| 16 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
| 17 | I got the first shot in : one good punch . |
| 18 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 19 | You were looking a bit sorry for yourself when we came back cos he buys flowers and he gives , so he 'll buy them the day before , I got the next day , there their making in all that |
| 20 | I got The Last Boy Scout . |
| 21 | I got The Last Boy Scout . |
| 22 | But it 's still the same , but it 's the pains that I got the last time that 's gon it 's like sharp pains that 's going round about , just the insides of the nipple . |
| 23 | Someone mentioned the 51st Highland Division and the part of the Front they were dug in , which appeared to be fairly close to our area , probably about seven or eight miles from here . |
| 24 | I tried the next time with a very dapper man , all pinstripes and umbrella . |
| 25 | In some places metal sinks and is covered over so quickly that even Victorian losses can be out of range ; at the other end of the scale I found a 14th century key in a wood , that came up from a depth of only 2 inches . |
| 26 | Once I found the first publisher , it just snowballed . ’ |
| 27 | It was one reason why I caught the first flight home . |
| 28 | In March 1951 , I reported the first immunization of children with live attenuated polio type II virus at a meeting of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Hershey , Pennsylvania . |
| 29 | Then when I proposed the next day , and made you tell me exactly how far you 'd gone with other men — ’ |
| 30 | I incurred a second funeral director 's bill the same week as I paid off the first . |