Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 , Johann Christian ( 1735–1782 ) , composer , was born 5 September 1735 in Leipzig , the sixth and youngest son and the eleventh of the thirteen children of Johann Sebastian Bach and his second wife Anna Magdalena , daughter of Johann Caspar Wilcke , court trumpeter .
2 Paul Cole sends Magic Ring back sprinting after the colt 's failure in the Greenham and his first target will be the Temple Stakes at Sandown .
3 It was McNeil 's first win over Graf and her first victory on the carpet surface of Madison Square Garden , while her German opponent went into the match having won her last four tournaments , including a victory over McNeil .
4 His first partner was Henry Mitton and his second Edward Cowper [ q.v. ] ( later his brother-in-law ) , around 1817 .
5 This was partly due to ‘ The Loco-Motion ’ , remixed by Stock , Aitken and Waterman and her third single on the PWL label , succeeding in breaking her in the all-important American market when it climbed to number three in the US charts .
6 Of course if your first name is Sebastian and your last name is Coe , then the scientists ' method is a good one to follow , but if you 're just an average slob like me , then my method is not a bad alternative .
7 Herman S. has just telephoned to ask me to go to the theatre with Ivy and him next Thursday — to see Samuel Beckett 's new play .
8 Radegund is extensively commemorated as an abbess and a saint in the writings of Venantius Fortunatus and her second biographer Baudonivia .
9 The one in which Galileo was born was an autocracy , the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , with its capital at Florence and its second city at Pisa , his birthplace .
10 The Germans had intended blowing up the cellars of Champagne before retreating , but on 28 August 1944 they were caught napping as General Patton and his 3rd Army swept into Épernay .
11 Middlesbrough battled every inch of the way to gain a creditable 0–0 draw and only a second leg at Old Trafford now lies between Middlesbrough and their second Wembley Cup Final in two years .
12 , Sir John ( 1582–1637 ) , landed gentleman and barrister , was born at Lowther 4 February and baptized in Lowther church 24 February 1582 , the second ( but first surviving ) son in the family of eight sons and one daughter of Sir Christopher Lowther of Lowther and his first wife Eleanor , daughter of William Musgrave esquire of Hayton , Cumberland .
13 The bill had arrived just before our fifth wedding anniversary , celebrated with a rare night out at the Working Men 's Club with my in-laws and Pam and her first husband , Gordon .
14 Let us leave her for the moment and go back to Matilda and her first day in Miss Honey 's class .
15 ‘ One daughter was married on the Saturday and our son went abroad on the Monday and our third child married eighteen months later .
16 From northern Europe the routes into Central Switzerland , both road and rail , come via either Basel or Zurich and their first lakeside destinations are either in the neighbourhood of Luzern or in that of Brunnen .
17 Usually considered to be a type of Danish ELF , although the story of their origin sets them apart , for they are believed to be the descendants of Adam and his first wife , Lilith .
18 He turned out to be an efficient chairman of the BBC but my first impression was amply confirmed since , although I had frequent dealings with him , he seemed to have absolutely no interest in what to me really mattered .
19 Transfer to the airport for your flight to Delhi and your last night at Claridges Hotel .
20 It was a long walk from the lock , but Harry had made her a box on wheels in which to push the two little girls , Corrie Palmer and her last child , Lily , who was seven months younger .
21 Our team is Daphne from Spalding , Fred from Lancaster and Walter from East Kilbride and our first card this week is er , goes back into our own experiences because it 's from Gill of West Yorkshire .
22 The whole matter was not so much solved as channelled in another direction by the sudden love match between Mary and her first cousin Henry , Lord Darnley , whom she described as the ‘ properest and best proportioned long man ’ she had ever seen .
23 ( Above ) Ivory and gilded copper cup ( hanape ) showing Mary and her first husband Francis ( the future Francis II , 1559–60 ) as dauphin and dauphiness of France , 1558 .
24 Bob and his second wife Beryl , 49 , say they 'd never sell their dream house — estimated to be worth £500,000 .
25 , Johann Samuel ( 1779–1830 ) , naturalist , geologist , and museum curator , was born 26 February 1779 in Danzig ( Gdansk , Poland ) , the only son of Johann Beniamin Müller and his first wife Eleonor Lehman .
26 Tuesday saw the launch of TV-am 's Good morning Britain and its first shot at wildlife .
27 It was my first time in California and my first visit to a swank house .
28 Of this total , 60,000 were taken by Francois and his 1st Corps .
29 In 1643 he was made a marshal of France and his first command with that rank required him to reorganise the army of Weimar which had been smashed at the battle of Tüttlingen .
30 It was stipulated that there was to be 23 hundred pounds to the " Tunn " and five score and twelve pounds to the hundred … " the bank to be made clear of ore Twice every year at least a week before ye 29th Sept and ye 1st day of May … "
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