Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | To sit in a plush cinema with Anna , Mama and Konstantin on the first night , watching the titles unroll ! |
2 | It is the Spirit who leads the Antioch church to send out Saul and Barnabas on the first missionary journey ( 13:2,4 ) which enabled them to return and report that , ‘ The Lord has opened the door of faith to the Gentiles ’ ( 14:27 ) . |
3 | England have been shown up for the lack of quality in their line-up , although Gooch 's illness here , Michael Atherton 's illness in Calcutta and the stupidity of leaving out Phil Tufnell from the first Test and Atherton on the second Test all contributed to an unexpectedly one-sided contest . |
4 | Liam McNamara ( a North Shore surfer riding a Willis Phazer ) took off on the first , followed by Tony Moniz ( another local ) on the second and Carroll on the third . |
5 | War was declared on Prussia and Austria on the twentieth of April , in seventeen ninety-two . |
6 | Nearer to home , the London Letter reported the elevation of Disraeli to the peerage ‘ for reasons of health ’ , also that ‘ the number of lunatics in England and Wales on the first of January last was 64,619 , being 1123 more than in the previous years . ’ |
7 | Governor Dukakis tried a similar dramatic stunt in 1988 , holding midnight and early hour rallies for supporters between California and Boston on the last night of the campaign . |
8 | As a final straw , on going to change Perdita discovered she 'd got the curse , which was invariably as bloody as Culloden on the first day . |