Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many had to borrow money , a need that had grown since last year 's replacement of social security single grants for urgent needs or repairs by social fund loans . |
| 2 | She twigged what I was driving at … that I suspected Alain had been murdered … and decided to get in first to throw me off the scent . |
| 3 | Dig in they might … but after a worthy battle , the ground finally slipped away beneath them and had to settle for second place . |
| 4 | She thought of the tragic woman who 'd been deserted by her father and had settled for second best . |
| 5 | It was written in a frantic one month burst and sounded hurried on first hearing . |
| 6 | Young Malcolm Smith was provisionally given a place in the final but had to settle for 10th place after some deliberation . |
| 7 | Jerry Peel was pre-event favourite in this over-40s competition , but had to settle for third place behind Peter Black and Dave Barton after failing to read the last move . |
| 8 | Mattan , who had taken over the yellow jersey from Lillywhite in Leicester on Saturday , started yesterday 33 seconds ahead of Lillywhite but had dropped to fourth place overall by the end of the day . |