Example sentences of "[num] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cinema-going was also increasing , with 101 million tickets the highest figure since 1980 sold last year . |
| 2 | One Over the Eight starts next Monday … there 's still a few tickets left … well worth a night out … we could have some real sporting drama at the Manor ground tomorrow afternoon with Oxford playing Newcastle in a relegation battle … |
| 3 | But only one out of 115 interviewed last year found work compared with one out of 52 the previous year . |
| 4 | SL2 , who got to No 2 with On A Raggatip ; and SUNSCREEM , who enjoyed a Top 30 hit last month with Love U More . |
| 5 | Heswall 's Paul Affleck , who shot a 67 to share second place with Woosnam and Ian Palmer , of South Africa , after the first round , ended the tournament on 289 after a final-round 73 . |
| 6 | More than a hundred kids were wounded and more than 30 died last year . ’ |
| 7 | This season 27-year-old Llewellyn already has 23 wins under his belt and looks on course to top his previous best total of 53 achieved last term and capped with a Grand National triumph on Party Politics . |
| 8 | Despite competing in a market that is shrinking fast , it reckons the extra appeal of the GT and G40 should increase 1991 sales by 7000 over the 30,000 sold last year . |
| 9 | Sweden 's Maria Gretzer , on Marcopille , was one but they had the next fence down and were among 10 sharing third place with four faults . |
| 10 | In Britain the Midland Railway Company announced its intention in 1872 to admit third-class passengers to all of its trains at a penny-a-mile fare and in 1874 to abolish second class and reduce all first-class fares to second-class rates . |
| 11 | It could appeal to old Gaitskellites like the ‘ gang of four ’ , Owen , Williams , and Rodgers , joined by Roy Jenkins whose Dimbleby Lecture in 1979 had first outlined the prospect of a new centrist movement . |
| 12 | reported on the steps taken in consequence of resolution 4.4 carried last year . |
| 13 | He went to India in 1870 to work first for the raja of Kathiawar , and then for the public works department of the government of India , in which he became executive engineer , military works . |
| 14 | You 'd have to compare it to the Rickenbacker 650 reviewed last month — roughly the same price , but a much slicker guitar — or maybe a Hamer Special , if your tendencies are more Gibson-orientated . |
| 15 | ‘ Sad Vinny 's Virgins ’ on 1673 came 4th and ‘ The Brady Bunch ’ on 1672 came 5th . |
| 16 | ‘ Sad Vinny 's Virgins ’ on 1673 came 4th and ‘ The Brady Bunch ’ on 1672 came 5th . |
| 17 | McAllister , who three years ago won the Atlantic Open in Portugal and the Dutch Open , had only one top-ten finish last season . |
| 18 | All three voted last year to uphold Roe v Wade , the 1973 case that established a constitutional right to an abortion . |
| 19 | He boasted a stroke average of 69.28 to join last season 's average which was also under the magic 70 mark . |
| 20 | Well those people I 've , who are here , erm I 'm told by Dr and I 'll read this because I ca n't understand it myself political processes , please remember he says that tutorials for part three commence next Monday and Tuesday the twenty first and twenty second but papers for only two of the seven groups are currently in the folders . |
| 21 | But with a price-earnings ratio of 62 using next year 's official earnings forecast , the company 's shares are hardly cheap . |
| 22 | JA II impresses first with how tiny it looks for a car with such a monstrous reputation , second for the sheer physical intensity of the power when the Ford V8 crashes into life . |
| 23 | BRITAIN closed on the two teams ahead of them in the NorTel Southern Cross Cup series when Juno IV finished fourth , Heaven Can Wait seventh and Canon Express tenth in the fourth race yesterday — and there is a protest to be heard against two of the New South Wales team who lead the series , 11.5 points ahead of Australia and 21.5 ahead of Britain , writes Bob Fisher . |
| 24 | Continue forward from signpost , descending to river , then turn right along river bank , at first in woods , then entering fields by ladder-stile. 4 Leave second field by gap 30 yds away from river , then immediately turn left below cottages and follow track through gate to tarmac lane . |
| 25 | Souness said : ‘ I 'd be happy if this full house makes as much noise as the 23,000 did last season against Auxerre . |
| 26 | Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers . |
| 27 | AIRLINES are stepping up safety checks on Boeing 747s following last month 's Amsterdam air crash . |
| 28 | Rafferty returned a 69 to occupy fifth place going into today 's action with Gordon Brand Jnr in the lead following a dazzling 65 . |
| 29 | It was Child who suggested that Behar volunteer for the Royal Navy which he did in November 1943 having first changed his name to Blake . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you do any baking , ’ she wonders , all innocent , ‘ for those friends of yours I met last week ? ’ |