Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glorious views open up across the Inner Sound to Skye and smaller islands ; road and railway jostle together on the last exciting mile to Kyle of Lochalsh . |
| 2 | Clinton needs 2,145 delegates to win outright on the first Democratic Party ballot at the July convention . |
| 3 | The eggs remain in the damp sand , safe from marine predators , until they hatch out fifteen days later and swim off on the next high spring tide . |
| 4 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 5 | He served also on the next major court to try James Hamilton ( third Marquis and first Duke of Hamilton ) , Arthur Capel ( first Baron Capel of Hadham ) , and Sir Henry Rich ( first Earl of Holland ) [ qq.v. ] for treason , signing their death-warrant on 6 March 1649 . |
| 6 | SERB forces were last night closing in on the last Muslim-held stronghold in eastern Bosnia , battling at close range with defenders of Gorazde . |
| 7 | Lambert nursed his coughing , shaking aircraft back to the field and thankfully touched down on the first available yard of turf . |
| 8 | Judgment was reserved yesterday on the first legal moves to pin the blame for the contamination . |
| 9 | Although it can be very tempting to splash out on the first splendid specimen that catches your eye , you might be surprised at what you can find once you really start looking . |
| 10 | The leading group became 16 riders at Alsager , after 30 miles , and then split again on the first big climb of the day 15 miles later . |
| 11 | He introduced Whitlock and Sabrina to Bailey who then sat down on the second black leather sofa and took a cigar from his pocket . |