Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CIT thanks Transport Development Group for the fine portrait of Philip Henman which now hangs on the first floor landing at 80 Portland Place . |
| 2 | Nice control on the ball by Gemmell Rozario shakes off the first challenge from Whitlow and feeds Black . |
| 3 | The Waterline , then , returns to its origins , as the case study which is Billy 's life painfully dredges up the first scenes of his disorder . |
| 4 | The provision of council housing therefore links up the second basis of local — newcomer conflict , which relates to broadly environmental issues . |
| 5 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 6 | Half a MURMUR in this COTTAGE sounds out the next stop . |
| 7 | As the sun bakes out the last moisture from the mud , the mucus turns to parchment . |
| 8 | Maxim caught him three strides up the second alley . |
| 9 | He spells out the first name and I 'm thinking Jemayl/Jemmel , uh-huh . |
| 10 | One of the " movements " in the suite which makes up the first act of Wozzeck is , it may be recalled , a passacaglia , that is , a set of variations on a ground bass . |
| 11 | erm only the Emir , and he has to give very erm strict reasons for it and he sends it back to the parliament to look into it again and when it comes back the second time the Emir can pass it . |
| 12 | JUST as spring brings out the first swallows , so it also motivates incoming club tours from one or more of the four home countries . |