Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun pl] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Stamper and Mick Jones scored their goals in the first half , after Dean Ashton had given the home side an early lead . |
| 2 | By law they have to ballot their members in the next couple of years on whether they can keep their political funds , through which they give money to the party . |
| 3 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |
| 4 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low-income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |
| 5 | Voters left two dominant impressions as they queued in the hot sun — their determination to cast their ballots in the first free election since Germany began the European conquest of Namibia more than a century ago , and their orderly , disciplined behaviour in the searing heat . |
| 6 | They certainly fancied their chances in the next event : swimming . |
| 7 | No fewer than 39,000 members of the Merchant Service lost their lives in the Second World War , many of them in the Western Approaches , yet they are invariably overshadowed by their more glamorous allies in the Royal Navy . |
| 8 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 9 | More disasters followed , when it was found that the track had been laid slightly out-of-gauge , and all of the new cars 27–41 broke their axles in the first two weeks . |
| 10 | The stragglers took their seats in the second half of the train . |
| 11 | Some others , however , like the earl of Sandwich , sent their sons in the first instance to the local grammar school . |
| 12 | If any of the three MP 's mentioned in this article would like to dispute the truth of the comments , we will gladly print their views in the next Ulster Dawn . |
| 13 | The clock was installed in 1920 with money raised by the parishioners with the intention of creating a long-lasting memorial to those who served and gave their lives in the First World War . |
| 14 | World At One and PM increased their ratings in the first week of the campaign and Today maintained its 1.3 million audience . |
| 15 | Voters can cast their votes in the second ballot in the light of that knowledge , and will be similarly well informed before they cast them in the third and fourth . |
| 16 | While , as stated , some of the concepts used now have their origins in the nineteenth century and earlier , there were nevertheless different views taken of how far the courts ought to be reviewing tribunals and other inferior bodies . |
| 17 | In London the Women 's Film and TV Network , Converse Pictures , Women in Sync and Aphra Workshops have all lost their funding and closed their doors in the last few years . |
| 18 | Even the most solid-looking dinosaurs may have changed their habits in the last few years ! |