Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company 's complaints department phoned Susan the next day to tell her who to contact . |
| 2 | I went back and told Lilian the second twin , a boy , had died because the cord was round its neck . |
| 3 | The phone woke Ruth the next morning . |
| 4 | But I told Una the next morning when all of you left the house . |
| 5 | Then the mesh , she told Sally the next time she saw her , I 'm sorry I made that mistake about you having a sister she said to Sally , I 've written to tell mother you 've said you have n't one she must of been mistaken what your mother said . |
| 6 | Jill handed Lindsey the last file before she led the smiling woman out . |
| 7 | We arranged lunch the next day . |
| 8 | When it broke daylight the next morning he found he had been fishing on a sandbar which shallowed up twenty yards out . |
| 9 | The woman used a spare key to open the back door , retrieved the telephone and called the police who arrested Smith the next day . |
| 10 | Between 1965 and 1967 the Direction Technique des Engins ( DTEn ) of the Ministry of Defence launched four Diamant A rockets ; one carried the satellite ( 26 November 1965 ) , dubbed Asterix — whose successful launch made France the third country to launch an artificial earth satellite . |
| 11 | And did he tell you we made love the next night ? |
| 12 | A tangle of twisted metal is all that remains of the giant oil tank that fuelled the power station at the edge of the Bulmers factory site.It 's believed the man who died was welding a measuring gauge on top of the tank when it exploded , scattering debris over a wide area.The man died before he reached hospital.After the first explosion , there were further blasts creating a pall of smoke over Hereford.Bulmers Director Terry Watts was in an office nearby : |
| 13 | On 20th March there took place the first Founder 's Day Service at St. Mary 's Church . |
| 14 | A lot took place the next day , Tuesday , 21 March . |
| 15 | We had timed our arrival well as the local Highland Games took place the next day . |
| 16 | Evidence from Portugal shows that the killing took place the next day on the 3rd of July . |
| 17 | So thought I. The first part was okay when we got the squad marching the 50 yards , but I was the only one that did not see that someone had dug a trench in the line of march , and in one step leapt over the trench in perfect style . |
| 18 | Peter saw Kate the next evening , which was a Thursday , again on Saturday , three times the following week , and twice the week after that . |
| 19 | She waited all day for the Kurd to return , but he failed to do so ; and when she made enquiries the next morning she was told that he had left the town within minutes of conducting her to the priest 's house . |
| 20 | The teams made Darlington the first club ever to collect medals in the championship in the same season . |
| 21 | They resumed hostilities the next day . |
| 22 | " Lothar chose the eastern share , then the emperor gave Charles the second part . |
| 23 | ‘ Look at this , ’ said Sarah the next day . |
| 24 | You had loads the first time round . |
| 25 | He left town the next morning , for Montreal where he feels most at home . |
| 26 | High hopes and summer weather did nothing to encourage circumspection , and by the time Coleridge and Southey left Bath the next morning , with Southey 's dog Rover in attendance , it is likely that some kind of relationship with Sarah was already understood . |
| 27 | In a Christian society one can not avoid the memory of the cock that crowed to Simon Peter just as he denied Christ the third time . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a miracle to me how Hywel got home in that condition , ’ said Lydia the next day . |
| 29 | Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you . |
| 30 | That 's what I said Paul the first time |