Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] of the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 2 | ‘ When they came in they talked of the first team and it seemed an offer I could n't refuse ; with hindsight , I should never have gone . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have a sweet tooth , ’ he said blandly as he disposed of the fourth . |
| 4 | He thought of the seventeenth century poisoner , Madame de Brinvilliers , who had run round the hospitals of Paris poisoning people for ‘ practice ’ . |
| 5 | He thought of the last time he 'd seen Dad . |
| 6 | ‘ She was crazy , ’ he said of the last reneging fiancée when he first turned his attention to me . |