Example sentences of "[conj] [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would you like your tea or your milk poured first ? ’ |
| 2 | One 18-year-old insurance clerk from Birchfield explained how he reached a sort of cross-road after his training began to detract from his studies : ‘ I came to the conclusion that my career came first and , at 18 , I had to look at my prospects . |
| 3 | Karlie and her team finished second to Beechwood Community Association . |
| 4 | Mr Carville will doubtless publicise the $1.7m that Mrs Whitman and her husband earned last year ; Mr Rollins will try to link Mr Florio with the struggling president . |
| 5 | There is an opportunity for parents as well and their course starts next Thursday . |
| 6 | Marwood James Henry was the only male descendant of Benjamin James , and he and Madeline were to have no children ; only through Benjamin James 's brother William would the Titford name continue in this particular branch , and his story comes next . |
| 7 | Surprisingly Cudmore and his crew finished seventh and kept their lead in the individual standings . |
| 8 | Canizaris 's £37,500 prize pushed his European career earnings to £1,020,545 and his victory followed second and fourth places on his two previous outings in the Catalan and Portuguese Opens . |
| 9 | One said that devotions helped to keep things in perspective and one asked whether Christ and his commission came first ? ! |
| 10 | we do not have a dog and our cat died last week , |
| 11 | The crews rowed to the beach and our boat arrived first . |
| 12 | But my mother came first is n't it and it was easier for me . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd like to , but my flight leaves first thing in the morning , ’ Ashley said regretfully . |
| 14 | When newspapers first speculated that Lady Dartmouth was to replace the Earl of Dartmouth with the divorced Earl Spencer , a then-unknown Lady Sarah Spencer gave the memorable quote : ‘ Since my grandfather died last June and we moved from Sandringham to Althorp Park , Lady Dartmouth has been an all-too-frequent visitor . ’ |
| 15 | In the three years since her father had first called so unexpectedly at the Red House , she had made an effort to see her mother most Sundays . |