Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about . |
| 2 | Recent legislation had improved matters , however ; the 1833 Factory Act prohibited the employment of young children and the 1847 Ten Hours Act had at last given working people some time for recreation . |
| 3 | Alexander Peden died on 28th January , 1686 . |
| 4 | He continued to urge Canterbury 's supremacy over York , and in the general settlement of 1107 , Archbishop Gerard promised at last to show him the same obedience as archbishop as he had owed as bishop of Hereford . |
| 5 | We want to get views of St Albans District Council am I told erm that last Thursday evening in the snow , er Counc St Albans Council came through first er to erm agree it . |
| 6 | The put-put of tennis balls came from next door but one , and cultured cries of enjoyment . |
| 7 | Mr Simon Heffer argued in last week 's Spectator that welfarism is once more coming to characterise the British , having been repulsed during the Thatcher years : ‘ The plaintive , dependent-relative voice of the something-for-nothing society , heard on almost every street in this campaign , was a little harder to find five years ago . ’ |
| 8 | Tangerine 's dance dreams started in last summer 's raves |
| 9 | In 1987 , The Tsarevich , jointly owned by Edgar Bronfman , the Chairman of The Seagram Company and Ivan Straker , Chairman of Seagram Distillers ran into second place behind Maori Venture , owned by 92-year-old Jim Joel who thus becomes one of the select band who have owned both English Derby and Grand National winners . |
| 10 | On 12 May Macmillan arrived at Eighth Army headquarters at Treviso with his assistant Philip Broad at about 10.30 am . |
| 11 | A GOVERNMENT minister yesterday promised emergency cash aid to bail out areas of North Wales devastated by last week 's ‘ storm of the century . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Edgar refused at first , and Linton sent him several more letters . |
| 13 | The then commanding officer of the reconnaissance unit recalled : ‘ The naval battle off Cape Matapan occurred on 28th . |
| 14 | He said Mr Lamont declared in last year 's Budget he had ‘ no need , no proposals and no plans either to raise or to extend the scope of VAT ’ . |
| 15 | EDDIE Irvine moved into second place in the All-Japan Formula 3000 championship with his first victory of the season at Suzuka yesterday . |
| 16 | VISITORS to Middlesbrough Council 's Southlands Leisure Centre saw at first hand that the world of fun and sport was literally on their doorstep . |
| 17 | The Phantom and Teardrop which Eddie Allen looked at last month were made by Paul Chandler in the USA . |
| 18 | Midlands canals tended at first to link local industries with their raw materials . |
| 19 | But at 2002 hrs that evening AFHQ replied to Eighth Army 's signal U 128 two days earlier , requesting guidance on questions concerning " Various nationals " : |
| 20 | ‘ Let him be , ’ Uncle Nick said at last . |
| 21 | Teams : Rugeley MG All Stars and Team Uniprint tied for first with Rugeley MG Blue third . |
| 22 | According to French sources , the problems with the Longines Classic started at last year 's event when , though the sponsors paid out the prize money , it did not reach the players . |
| 23 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |
| 24 | ‘ You must be crazy , ’ Pietro Miletti said at last . |
| 25 | His wife Anne died on 15th January 1833 and is also buried at Grasmere . |
| 26 | It was not until the following Pentecost , in early summer , that Rosalba heard Tommaso Talvi had at last come back . |
| 27 | Adam Clark retired on 18th April . |
| 28 | He was followed by Hep Porter in Wagner Solution , Sitting Duck , and 1990 Gold race winner Jim Miller flew to third place in JM-2 No 14 Pushy Cat at 231.012mph . |
| 29 | It had been a melancholic day , although Winston Churchill had at last been called into the War Cabinet , gracing its inaugural meeting as First Lord of the Admiralty . |
| 30 | Norman Ferguson slotted into third place , ahead of former Northern Ireland champion Robert Dickson . |