Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] it [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few years later , however , it passed into the ownership of Lord Gerald of Brandon , who sold it in 1682 , to the Speaker of the House of Commons , Sir Edward Seymour . |
| 2 | Iford Manor was bought in 1773 by the Gaisford family , who owned it until 1853 . |
| 3 | It was first discovered by Gallard in 1884 , but credit has been given to Dieulafoy who described it in 1889 . |
| 4 | The DOE sent it out to referees for opinions , one of whom was Steven Jones , who received it on 20 September . |
| 5 | The well-equipped organ has two manuals and was built by T. Hopkins and Sons of York who installed it in 1910 ; the air was pumped by hand until 1950 when an electric blower was installed . |
| 6 | The East Ridge , first climbed in 1938 by Don Bryant and Lud Mahan , is thought to be affected , and the East Face route description is no longer entirely valid either — what with if falling off — which is a disappointment for first ascensionists Peter Farrell , Don Cowie , Vic Walsh and Lyn Crawford who climbed it in 1961 . |
| 7 | Since early days , the castle has been laid waste and rebuilt many times before being inherited by the great benefactress , Lady Anne Clifford , who restored it in 1660 . |
| 8 | The ‘ Hope Dionysus ’ is famous as a central work in the collection of Henry Philip Hope , who acquired it in 1796 from the influential sculptor and restorer Vincenzo Pacetti , who attached Dionysus 's head to the torso and supplied the larger figure with arms , lower legs and other details . |
| 9 | The dealer was taken away for questioning , and the painting was confiscated by the Gemäldegalerie who kept it for six months , attempting to resolve the situation themselves . |
| 10 | It is usually known as the Metonic cycle , after the Athenian astronomer Meton who introduced it in 432 BC ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 11 | He could not mention it because it was not known in the Latin West before the revival of learning in the ‘ renaissance of the twelfth century ’ ( a useful term due to the American medievalist Charles Homer Haskins , who introduced it in 1927 ) . |
| 12 | The 35 players who beat par in the first round set a record , beating the 33 who did it in 1991 . |
| 13 | Von Sophias Wilbur , who won it with 2,273 points . |
| 14 | The award for the parliamentarian of the year went to shadow Chancellor Mr John Smith , who won it in 1986 . |
| 15 | The award for the parliamentarian of the year went to shadow Chancellor Mr John Smith , who won it in 1986 . |
| 16 | It is basically a twelfth-century building , though sadly damaged later on by the iconoclastic Protestants of Jeanne d'Albret in the sixteenth century , and by the fanatical rationalists of the French Revolution who converted it into one of their Temples of Reason . |