Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] they [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ALP finished with 0.2 per cent less of the two-party preferred vote than did the opposition coalition , and in at least 10 instances the ALP won because they received the second preference votes of supporters of the Greens . |
| 2 | A weird island , they found as they walked the last half mile — after leaving the Mercedes in a car park with Dillon seated in the rear . |
| 3 | ‘ I think we 'll have to wait until they notify the next of kin before they release that information . ’ |
| 4 | They climbed until they reached the first pocket of snow , which lay in a long , dark slash on the mountain 's side . |
| 5 | A draw at Fratton Park has increased Middlesbrough 's fixture pile-up , especially as the Cambridge United home match will be postponed if they reach the sixth round . |
| 6 | But who would think of refusing Lucy 's invitations , providing as they did the last vestige of a social occasion within the enclave ? |
| 7 | BALLYNAHINCH 'S pack dominated the opening exchanges and made their intentions known when they won the first scrum against the head . |