Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
| 2 | Trent rode in first gear , headlight tunnelling into the forest gloom through which the rain bucketed . |
| 3 | The writ named the Secretary of State for the Environment as the first party for failing to provide the necessary certificates , with the Coal Board conjoined as second party . |
| 4 | The WRU has ruled that none of its players will be given permission to take part in the centenary tour of Natal planned for next summer . |
| 5 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
| 6 | The roof fell in last night . ’ |
| 7 | Well that 's what I was going to say if if we could make it that the training course came after next week and not next week then |
| 8 | Nomura held on to top spot in the annual Eurobond underwriting rankings while other Japanese firms slipped ; Yamaichi dropped to tenth while London 's CSFB shot up to second place . |
| 9 | Gunning the engine , Trent slammed into first gear and eased the motor cycle diagonally upriver . |
| 10 | New Zealander Greg Turner moved into third place on 13 under with a birdie , his sixth of the day , at the last . |
| 11 | Initially , the establishment ( in 1989 ) of an entire museum devoted to 10th century design seemed to constitute a threat to the status of the V&A as an up-to-date institution . |
| 12 | Ian Brown , secretary of Edinburgh 's Princes Street Traders Association , reported that sales were better this January compared with last year . |
| 13 | But there was more to it than that as Swansea soared from Fourth Division to First with only a season 's rest . |
| 14 | Wrexham finished in third place overall with 167 points , behind Rotherham ( 231 ) and Preston ( 215 ) . |
| 15 | Sparks flew at last weekend 's Berkeley conference when Boaz turned up unexpectedly . |
| 16 | Village hit by second disaster |
| 17 | As Doohan built up a lead of almost seven seconds , Rainey settled for second place on his Yamaha , 12 seconds clear of third-placed Daryl Beattie , of Australia , riding a Rothmans Honda for the first time as a replacement for the injured Wayne Gardner . |
| 18 | A deal to buy the whole of Adidas fell through last month . |
| 19 | Diana was overwhelmed by the horror spotlighted in last week 's Mirror shock issue on the African nation 's famine . |
| 20 | After his inclusion in the side the Town rose from seventeenth place to third , where they finished the season , their highest position yet . |
| 21 | One of the most significant selling points which the Banks used during last year 's dispute was the fact that Extended Opening Hours would give rise to significant numbers of additional jobs in Banking . |
| 22 | The put-put of tennis balls came from next door but one , and cultured cries of enjoyment . |
| 23 | The sudden collapse in sterling came despite last week 's 1-point rise in base rates to 15 per cent , intended to defuse the selling pressure and reinforce the Government 's battle against inflation . |
| 24 | And some of the worst excesses during this period came from Third World governments , such as Sanjay Ghandi 's notorious sterilisation campaign in India in 1976 . |
| 25 | After an amazing cross country round yesterday with her agile horse Knockdrin Vina finished in first position with 49 points after the dressage , and is hoping for a clear round today to win the £1,500 national championship and title . |
| 26 | Argentina finished in sixth place . |
| 27 | By the time Gen McCreery returned to Eighth Army HQ at the end of the afternoon , he had ample opportunity to be fully briefed as to what was going on . |
| 28 | Dickens knew at first hand from his own childhood what it was to live the life of the poor . |
| 29 | But , according to documents revealed in court yesterday , four days later Lord Aldington 's V Corps wrote to Eighth Army requesting ‘ a free hand ’ to use force if necessary ‘ to honour our verbal agreement with Soviet forces ’ and return all Soviet nationals to Soviet forces . |
| 30 | DUP councillor Sammy Wilson said at last week 's monthly meeting of the council it was unnecessary for the Lord Mayor to attend the Hong Kong trip as Belfast would be well represented by Laganisde board members , amongst others . |