Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] the [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , with this creed I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime , I can so sincerely forgive the first , while I abhor the last with this creed revenge never worries my heart , degradation never too deeply disgusts me , injustice never crushes me too low , I live in calm looking to the end . |
| 2 | The rain eases as I head west ; I catch the last of a wide , bloody-looking sunset over Skye and the Kyles and the floodlights turning Eilean Donan 's grey stones green ; I make it to Strome in four hours twenty minutes from home , arriving just as the stars are coming out above in the purple spaces between the dark , heavy clouds . |
| 3 | As we head back towards Heimæy I watch the last of the light tinkering with the wave-tops . |
| 4 | ‘ No war would ever reach this part of the world , ’ said Robins , ‘ but I remember the last in Europe . |
| 5 | I drain the last of my whisky and look into the empty glass . |
| 6 | Er so I think the first of my four points is the is the airframe agility , clearly the the ability to m manoeuvre . |
| 7 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 8 | it just happened that way you know the twentieth of November and there 's the nineteenth of February |
| 9 | You see the first of these statutes as a solution that gives effect to two recognizable principles of justice , ordered in a certain way , even though you reject one of the principles . |
| 10 | Good so if we cut the first into twelfth what how many pieces would they get out of that 's be twelve pieces altogether okay . |
| 11 | In this chapter we consider the first of these problems : the growth of public expenditure and the difficulties surrounding its control . |
| 12 | We negotiate the first of the infamous swans . |
| 13 | Still to come : a full round up of the day 's news from the City , and we preview the first of the season 's major snooker tournaments . |
| 14 | We present the eleventh in a series of essays by winners and runners-up in the 1991 competition . |
| 15 | We present the tenth in a series of essays by winners and runners-up in the 1991 competition . |
| 16 | We present the twelfth in a series of essays by winners and runners-up in the 1991 competition . |
| 17 | The sun shines on the ferry as we do the last of the packing , The kayaks have lifted snouts and two holes , one at each end , closed and sealed by hard rubber covers . |
| 18 | Right , er next evening we settle the thirteenth of September then ? |
| 19 | Please turn to page 366 of the Old Testament section of the Bibles ; today we have the second of a series of sermons about the life of Elisha . |
| 20 | Today we have the last of the series , and we have come to a very sudden change in the style of Paul 's writing . |
| 21 | ‘ I think we 'll have to wait until they notify the next of kin before they release that information . ’ |
| 22 | Managed by former Test captain Jackie McGlew , they play the first of seven matches on tour today . |