Example sentences of "failed [to-vb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took the lead courtesy of Trevor Smith 's sixth goal of the season but were pegged back by an equaliser from Johnny Jameson who failed to appear for the second half . |
| 2 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 3 | Because Miguel , in the same incident , has been bitten but not seriously injured , Sarah tries to save him by cutting off his infected arm with a machete — an effect that failed to work with the first model , until an assistant of Savini 's used a spare rubber arm with the cut prefilled with wax . |
| 4 | Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian delegation failed to progress during the seventh round . |
| 5 | Lynagh , helped off just before the interval , failed to score for the first time in 60 Tests , but new goal-kicker Marty Roebuck was cool as he amassed 17 points from three penalties and four conversions . |
| 6 | After a lengthy loan spell at Leeds in which he failed to break into the first team , he signed for Shrewsbury in 1986 for £25,000 . |