Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The three judges I met included the first woman judge to be appointed in Geurrero State .
2 Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview .
3 I helped to win the last one , I shall help to win the next one .
4 I woke sensing the last one
5 ‘ I thought I 'd seen the last of this particular fashion accessory . ’
6 George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different .
7 ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie .
8 But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting .
9 I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step .
10 Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing .
11 I 'd passed the first some way back , the second I knew came just before the horizontal passage .
12 When I 'd finished the first prayer and turned to face him , I saw that he was kneeling .
13 It was so bad , I 'd be looking forward to the next meal before I 'd finished the last one , ’ she says .
14 After I 'd spent the last two days setting it up ? ’
15 Once I 'd accomplished the first stages of training , getting her to sit still on my fist , I had to move on to the next stage : getting her to feed there .
16 ‘ I then waited to become pregnant until I 'd had the first two transfusions , ’ she says .
17 I determined to spend the first part of my prison leisure working out my reasons for knowing I was right .
18 As I missed the train comma , I decided to catch the next one which was in an hour 's time .
19 Oh yes , as I , as I missed the train comma , I decided to catch the next one comma ,
20 Your main sentence , yo the main clause is , I decided to catch the next one .
21 I started work the next day .
22 I went to court the next morning , was refused bail and was remanded to Holloway .
23 My year between school and university was about as creative as the period Terry Waite spent in captivity staring at a concrete wall with only his postcard of John Bunyan for reading matter , but I did spend the first few weeks of it in the typing class of a comprehensive school in Hackney .
24 So we 've got , I did have the first names somewhere .
25 I had reached the 11th but was a long way off the green .
26 There is no space to go into detail about the ding-dong and the relevance of that remark , but it is gentlemanly mayhem at its best and I wish I had seen the first encounters between the CSIRO and its critic , who , I infer , also had a go at the research on skeleton weed .
27 That is why I had to spend the last half an hour intervening and telephoning both Departments to try to deal with the problem .
28 I had survived the second lap but an ordinary rest would be inadequate now .
29 " I was tip nearly all night because I had to lead the first devotions at the High Council , with all those experienced and senior leaders of the Army world . "
30 ‘ By the time I had scored the third time I did n't feel tired .
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