Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] the [num ord] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Although the Soviet Union had become the major influence on revolutionary socialist movements since 1917 , the Communist International had always looked upon Germany as the next most likely centre for a proletarian revolution . |
2 | BORIS YELTSIN , maverick and volleyball enthusiast , is the only plausible rival to Mikhail Gorbachev for the first freely elected president of the Soviet Union . |
3 | Crawley 's killer haul polished off Mold in the 44th over despite a defiant 30 from Simon Jones and 21 from wicket keeper Brian Williams . |
4 | Fives & Heronians won at Westcliff in the last over where new captain Glen Poulter scored 58 and Mel Hussain 93 . |
5 | Well she goes June come on , could have had it next Friday I think something must be happening next Friday , she goes to Australia on the seventh well maybe that is next Friday Oh no it 's the is n't it ? |
6 | Back to Washingtons on the 22nd again with F/L Easter for Operation Bullseye — my last Bullseye was in a Lincoln ( 'J ’ ) on March 29 , 1957 — we did a seven hour night trip , bombing Heligoland from 18,200 feet — problems on the way back with controls iced-up prior to interception by night fighters off Cromer . |
7 | Chris Lewis removed Roshan Mahanama in the third over , but by lunch Sri Lanka were 43 for one . |
8 | In July that year , he flew Mercury on the first ever commercial Atlantic flight with a half-ton payload , starting at Foynes and landing at Montreal some 20 hours later , navigating by astro . |
9 | A recent report named my local authority of Calderdale as the second most efficient metropolitan council in the country . |
10 | Tony Cozier reports from Barbados on the first ever Test match between West Indies and South Africa . |