Example sentences of "[subord] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When newspapers first speculated that Lady Dartmouth was to replace the Earl of Dartmouth with the divorced Earl Spencer , a then-unknown Lady Sarah Spencer gave the memorable quote : ‘ Since my grandfather died last June and we moved from Sandringham to Althorp Park , Lady Dartmouth has been an all-too-frequent visitor . ’ |
| 2 | In the three years since her father had first called so unexpectedly at the Red House , she had made an effort to see her mother most Sundays . |
| 3 | ‘ It will be when my ponies arrive next week , ’ said Dancer cosily . |
| 4 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 5 | It was double joy for Ian Bryson 's Glassdrummond when their quartets came first and third respectively in Grade 4A , with Cottown ‘ A ’ holding onto their previous year 's runner-up spot . |
| 6 | The bodies of eight of the nine airmen killed when their Hercules crashed last week have been flown back to RAF Lyneham . |
| 7 | She stood up , ready to inform Nicole that her pressing appointments would leave her very little time here , when her eyes widened first in surprise , then in horror . |
| 8 | No reprisals FOOTBALL : Torquay defender John Uzzell , whose career is threatened by a shattered cheekbone , wants no reprisals when his team-mates face third division promotion-chasers Brentford at Griffin Park today . |
| 9 | Instead , I found myself staring down at her , remembering that moment alongside the Cutty Sark when our eyes had first met . |