Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
| 2 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 3 | When a draft schedule has been produced the next stage is what I have referred to previously as ‘ internal testing ’ . |
| 4 | The hypothetical new force has been called the fifth force . |
| 5 | Nobody was yet greatly concerned about the poverty of what had just been called the Third World . |
| 6 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 7 | Settis has impeccably international credentials for such an international institution , having held , among other posts , professorships in classical art and archaeology at the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore , served on the faculty of the Ecole Normale Superiéure at Paris and in1991 having been appointed the first Warburg Professor at the University of Hamburg . |
| 8 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
| 9 | Once the relevant occupier or occupiers have been identified the next stage is to ascertain the status of the plaintiff . |
| 10 | She has won prizes for ( drama/music/essay-writing/cookery/coming top of her class in school , been awarded the first grade in music/drama , studied nursing/teaching/ballet/ice-skating/ French and management/ interviewing/ accounting , learned how to drive/ski/sail/swim/dance/surf/ , followed her interests in travelling/bridge-playing/ opera/the orchestra/film and reading science fiction/ historical novels/biographies , as well as finding time to raise money for charity/do voluntary work with handicapped children/attend church functions regularly/ design clothes/paint/draw and to help in her family 's shop/business/company/restaurant . |
| 11 | Two weeks after my course finished and I was back in the ‘ real world ’ on a murder enquiry , I received notification I had been awarded the second scholarship in the force . |
| 12 | THE internationally renowned Kenyan environmentalist , has been awarded the fifth Edinburgh Medal at a special ceremony . |
| 13 | Under RSC , Ord 65 , r 7 , if service is effected after 4 pm on a weekday or 12 noon on a Saturday , service is deemed to have been effected the next day or on Monday as the case may be . |
| 14 | SIMON McKie , a director of Rathbone Brothers , the quoted banking and investment group , has been elected the first Deputy Chairman of the Faculty of Taxation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales . |
| 15 | Criticism arrangement and pointed out that William Hay had only been elected the first DUP mayor after being nominated for the fifth time . |
| 16 | Once the style of document which you wish to publish has been established the second stage of the process is to seek out the suitable hardware and software . |