Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems that David had at first great difficulty in making his way with the public , and was several times unsuccessful in his efforts after fame . |
| 2 | And then it seemed that Duvall understood at last that he had been shot . |
| 3 | It is ironical that Watson had at first supported the Revolution and then changed his mind . |
| 4 | Of course there are lines that Keith does in second verses , melodic lines which build up to the chorus , and then it all apexes at the solo , hopefully . ’ |
| 5 | And Cardiff knew at last that even if he could ask the question , it could never provide him with an answer . |
| 6 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
| 7 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 8 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 9 | BILLY Sinclair and Coleraine have at last found the recipe for success . |
| 10 | In Canada , Niki narrowly lost out to Nelson Piquet and Prost trailed in third ; on Detroit 's bumpy street circuit , which Niki liked no better than he liked Monaco , Piquet scored a double . |
| 11 | She felt a momentary triumph and something approaching relief , as if Amy had at last consented to communicate with the world . |
| 12 | Scheckter and Depailler made it a double for the Tyrrell six-wheeler ( which was later to be banned , like many another intelligent innovation ) , Niki came third and Hunt limped in fifth , nearly a minute off the pace . |
| 13 | Caroline Spickhoff from Germany and Sweetgirl remains in first position in the junior individual championship . |
| 14 | Darcy , in second place overnight , took 74 and O'Connor fell from third to 25th after crashing to an embarrassing 80 . |
| 15 | Regazzoni came second.to Fittipaldi in the championship , and Niki followed in fourth place behind Jody Scheckter of Tyrrell . |
| 16 | He turned as if to walk away , but Alexei spoke at last . |
| 17 | The Magistrate had long been interested in Lucy but not because Cupid had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart . |
| 18 | Some of her joy was because of the news about Terry , but most was because John had at last told her that he loved her . |
| 19 | Rainey 's Italian team-mate Luca Cadalora won today 's event , holding off a late charge by Doohan while Schwantz settled for third after throttling back because of problems with his front tyre . |
| 20 | There were some engineers who wanted more experimentation and more rapid adoption of larger sizes or re-heat , arguing that , while Britain had at last caught up with American levels of thermal efficiency in 1938 , she was now again falling behind . |
| 21 | But while Stuart frets about first team football , Robert Fleck , also fed up , stays in the side . |
| 22 | The British crown was expected to pass to the Dowager Duchess Sophia of Hanover , by virtue of the terms of the Act of Settlement , but Sophia died early in 1714 , shortly before Anne died on 1st . |
| 23 | But there was more to it than that as Swansea soared from Fourth Division to First with only a season 's rest . |
| 24 | When Charles spoke at last , the words came dreamily . |
| 25 | Des Walker put his Spanish problems behind him as Sampdoria moved into third spot thanks to a 2-1 win at Udinese , while Lazio , minus Paul Gascoigne , registered their third consecutive draw . |
| 26 | But there 's another blow for the Queen as Elizabeth plunges to 18th place . |
| 27 | She had expected an immediate ‘ no ’ , and felt a moment 's panic when Luke failed at first to respond . |
| 28 | You must have been very angry when Sheldrake got in first — no wonder you hate him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And she 's ashamed of me , ’ he fumed to Lily , when Stella had at last left the house . |