Example sentences of "in [pron] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know she were , she were brick shit she were , I said to Lyn I said I 'm bloody sure , I could have actually , she , she were nearly eating out of my arm , in them last few weeks , I 'll tell you , ooh the encouragement I got about the driving ooh I ca n't do it Lyn and when I comes in that day the first test I had she 'd made a great big fucking cake |
| 2 | In my first two terms at St. Albans , I came twenty-fourth and twenty-third , but in my third term I came eighteenth . |
| 3 | Although I had no idea then what species of bird it was , the picture was firmly fixed in my mind ; years later I instantly recognised it in my first ornithological guide , P. A. D. Hollom 's The Popular Handbook of British Birds . |
| 4 | In my first six weeks here I had lots of battles — taking on the bigger ones . |
| 5 | I got four in my first game for Newcastle against Leeds and nine in my first five matches . |
| 6 | My main task in my first five years in Burma was to tour the villages of the Irrawaddy Delta , encouraging the small Anglican congregations and visiting some forty village schools , most of them having only one or two teachers . |
| 7 | My best finish was in my first major tournament , the Southern Amateur in the cold and rain of Royal Cinque Ports in March . |
| 8 | When we signed the Report , on 29 January 1970 , I was in my first few weeks of a sabbatical term at Merton College , Oxford , and in need of a short rest from the work and vocabulary of education . |
| 9 | In my first few months I made some real gaffes — sitting in the wrong part of the dining room , for instance , and using a commanding manner with staff who were n't used to it . |
| 10 | In my first few years in the London activist network I was several times courted ( it seems the only appropriate word ) to join currently all-male organizations as a token lesbian but none of them offered , alongside the assumption that this would be a privileged or welcome position , the incentive that Switchboard did : the callers . |
| 11 | That 's just as well , because judging where the ball 's going takes a bit of practice — I did n't win a single point in my first few games . |
| 12 | In my first few years in Parliament , the building industry experienced a tremendous downturn in its work load and was worried about its future . |
| 13 | Well , I survived my time with Seve , and in my first full year with Sandy I thought he was going to come up trumps straight away in the Open . |
| 14 | In my first ten years of headship over 100 families used the service which the school provided , often returning to share with the group the progress which had been made and to comment on the ways in which their children had responded to the advice they had been given . |
| 15 | I was in my first Olympic final . |
| 16 | I realised I was no longer having any fun doing my movies , and I think this was reflected in my last two films , Harlem Nights and Another 48 Hours . |
| 17 | Torrance said : ‘ I have finished 12th and 13th in my last two tournaments and I would have done better in Valencia if I had not driven out of bounds at the last hole . |
| 18 | Because in my last five years before [ becoming Prime Minister ] I had been Foreign Secretary [ and ] , therefore , away a lot . |
| 19 | In my next two chapters I shall attempt to compare the official curriculum in African primary schools with actual curriculum practice , and thus to contrast what official plans say should happen in schools with the realities of what actual schools and real teachers plan and provide . |
| 20 | With play flowing from end to end , Boldon grabbed an equaliser through Peter Quinn , with Lee Philipson going on to slot in their second late in the second half . |
| 21 | But I was pleased that the World Bank said we had done as much in our first year as they did in their first 10 . ’ |
| 22 | Also , in their first 10 games they had 26 points , i.e. one more point than this season but still only 6 points ahead of us ) . |
| 23 | Leeds have protested that Stuttgart broke the rule of playing four non-nationals instead of three in their first round clash and UEFA bosses will make their decision today . |
| 24 | I predict they will take at least one of the rubbers in their first round match against France , the current Davis Cup holders , at the end of this month . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Worcestershire have been playing Nottinghamshire in their first round match . |
| 26 | Ireland 's World bronze medallist went down 8–7 in a titanic battle with Russia 's Albert Pekov in their first round clash . |
| 27 | were trailing 18–0 in their first round cup-tie Bradford and went desperately close to another major upset against a North Division One side , but York ended four points short of victory at 18–15 . |
| 28 | were trailing 18–0 in their first round cup-tie Bradford and went desperately close to another major upset against a North Division One side , but York ended four points short of victory at 18–15 . |
| 29 | Only twice in their first 57 appearances did they take the stage without him . |
| 30 | The staff hoped that a French micro , the Thompson 07 , could be modified for use in their first major pilot project near Marseilles . |