Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I do think we could have been ‘ sniffing ’ for the second ball better ( ie the cleared headers/knock downs ) . |
2 | TROOPS held Zairean legislators prisoner for the second day yesterday , demanding they approve use of controversial banknotes which have caused riots and crippled trade . |
3 | said farewell to Key Street staff for the second time round in March , having retired previously from the engineering department . |
4 | Until last year , Longchamp was the only place to be , but now Phoenix Park in Dublin , where the Cartier Million will be staged for the second time tomorrow , provides a tempting alternative . |
5 | PEOPLE 'S CHOICE … world Formula One champion Nigel Mansell was last night voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for the second time ahead of Olympic gold medallists Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell . |
6 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
7 | Yesterday they lost for the second time when they fell 6-7 , 7-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 to Todd Witsken of the United States and Jorge Lozano of Mexico . |
8 | Then disaster struck for the second time when he pulled a tendon in his left leg , an injury that has ended many a greyhound 's racing career . |
9 | Going on to the last lap Dunlop had matters well in hand but further down the field behind McCallen there was drama when Alan Patterson , who had been in third place and going well , suddenly shot through the final bend and took the wrong road for the second time today losing his chance of a place . |
10 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
11 | A DIVORCED couple married for the second time today … 53 years after their first wedding . |
12 | When he took the stage to collect the award ( winning it for the second time following two years of Vivienne Westwood ) , Ozbek did n't stand a chance . |
13 | THE Duke and Duchess of Kent became grandparents for the second time yesterday when the Earl of St Andrews and his wife had a baby girl . |
14 | Once I have finished knitting the first side of the neck it is very easy to replace the stitches for the second side on to the correct needles and knit on for a ‘ clean ’ neck every time . |
15 | News on Ronny is that he is in fact at Tottenham for the second week now . |
16 | But Anna Pavord 's recognition ( 27 September ) of the opportunity for the twentieth century boldly to turn Uppark 's tragedy to advantage , is a more compelling argument . |
17 | England call upon John for the 32nd time tomorrow and that means his 29th international on the bench unless I get injured . |
18 | It had passed for the thirteenth time when she returned her attention to the bead of light , and caught her breath . |
19 | Rozario looking for the first flick on as you say . |
20 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
21 | Preparations for the first tour ever conducted of works from the Barnes Foundation are advancing . |
22 | Our chief source of information on Roman architecture for the first century B.C. is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio who wrote his famous work De Architectura , which he dedicated to Augustus , in 25 B.C. Vitruvius , as we call him , sets out his plans for an ideal Roman city in the first volume of his work . |
23 | ‘ I remembered the Factor 15 , better for the first day anyway . ’ |
24 | For the first year only . |
25 | ‘ He paid for the first round out of a fiver and the third with another fiver . |
26 | A few people were already astir in the first village they passed through , and when they reached the piazza in Pontino higher up a huddled group stood within the light and warmth of the doorway of the Bar Italia waiting for the first bus down to Florence . |
27 | But Greenford was in Middlesex and many was the night I spent in the pissing rain having walked to Acton Town station to wait for the first train home in the morning . |
28 | His storm lasted two and half days , leaving him ragged and with only enough energy to get to the airport to be ready for the first flight out . |
29 | They waited for the first flight out of Iraq on which there were seats . |
30 | ‘ Nine players in that side appeared for the first team later . |