Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And realised for the first time that my lot as a walker was far safer than that of a cyclist . |
| 32 | The process of post-mortem decomposition has been traced through the ninth century . |
| 33 | But Greenford was in Middlesex and many was the night I spent in the pissing rain having walked to Acton Town station to wait for the first train home in the morning . |
| 34 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 35 | I shall just have to wait for the next Guinness Book of Records for the answer . |
| 36 | So we had to wait for the next bus , which was six o'clock . |
| 37 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 38 | I watched the doors close and then ran upstairs to the empty ticket hall to wait for the next train . |
| 39 | However , the jokes are a bit stale for real belly laughs , so if you 've seen him before it 's probably better to wait for the next batch . |
| 40 | Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times . |
| 41 | If an injury is serious i.e. where marked residual aspects claimed and/or lengthy absence from work involved , it is not advisable to wait for the third party solicitors to produce a Medical Report . |
| 42 | In the report the former President , Chiang Kai-shek was criticized for the first time for failing to punish the officials responsible for the massacre . |
| 43 | Filled for the first time in twenty years , Lake Eyre became a rich source of food , attracting tens of thousands of birds whose closest usual breeding area is five hundred miles to the south . |
| 44 | A few of the offers to made during the first trading session have already been publicised . |
| 45 | Scotland at their best and Ireland should now reach the semi-finals and Wales , competing for the first time , could join them . |
| 46 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 47 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 48 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 49 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 50 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 51 | Harry Holmes senior was competing for the last time , having raced thirty-seven times between 1933 and 1969 . |
| 52 | This system , devised by Rentokil 's Research and Development department , offers for the first time a non-chemical , twenty-four hour detection and protection system . |
| 53 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 54 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 55 | On Oct. 26 , 1989 , the House of Representatives fulfilled a commitment made in 1988 [ see p. 37081 ] when they voted that $20,000 should be paid to each of 62,000 Japanese-Americans who had been interned during the Second World War . |
| 56 | That Alex Wyllie , the grizzled New Zealand coach , regards this as the All Blacks ' most important tour since the Cup is a tribute not to the Welsh but to the necessity of bringing through the next generation of players . |
| 57 | Well , he 'll have to see about the next time Kyle cos he was |
| 58 | He tried to empty his mind of all thoughts , preparing for what only the most naive would fail to see as the last meeting of the Academy . |
| 59 | When stopped for the first offence , he claimed the cruise control on his BMW was set at 98mph . |
| 60 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |