Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well now , and just in time for tea , ’ he beamed as a second and third bomb fell sickeningly nearer . |
| 2 | And Craig Stuart , 36 , died when he plunged from a 12th floor hotel room in London . |
| 3 | He passed through a second archway . |
| 4 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 5 | In June 1855 , his health restored , he entered into a second partnership , this time with Henry Deacon [ q.v. ] , industrial chemist and former apprentice of Nasmyth . |
| 6 | There , he sailed through a first class honours degree in maths . |
| 7 | No action was taken but Warrington general manager Ron Close said : ‘ We have looked closely at the video and it looks as if Jones might have deliberately kicked Bob , who has been told by a specialist that he came within an eighth of an inch of losing the eye . |
| 8 | ‘ What you going to do with a degree in history ? ’ his mother asked him when he graduated with a first . |
| 9 | He was educated at Shrewsbury School ( 1893–8 ) , where he was captain of cricket and head of the school , and at Christ Church , Oxford , where he graduated with a third class in classical honour moderations in 1900 . |
| 10 | She sold them to Henry Skelton 's girlfriend shortly before he fell from a third floor window and died . |
| 11 | He looked for a last time at Lucille . |
| 12 | ( The pre-war record for the youngest player in League football , incidentally , is held by Geldard of Bradford , who was fifteen when he appeared in a Second Division match in 1929 . ) |
| 13 | Lou continued to be the nearest he had to a first and real love and she still went to all the broadcasts and visited Pinewood for every film , sitting on her own canvas chair , sometimes by herself , frequently with her sister Daisy , of whom Ken himself was still very fond . |
| 14 | He married for a second time about 1660 Sarah Winnock , a widow with three sons and a daughter . |