Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the divers went over the side to swim down the seventy feet to the pipe , however , they immediately discovered how hazardous it really was . |
| 2 | The means given beside each item are taken from Reason , Manstead , Stradling , Baxter & Campbell ( 1988 ) who had 520 drivers fill in the 50 item questionnaire . |
| 3 | Hill sums up the 1992 housing market in one word — ‘ weird ’ . |
| 4 | The Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out the 200 metre breast stroke for 14–15 years , and it was Louise who this time eclipsed Emma by five seconds . |
| 5 | He let his mind wander down the twenty yards of landing and the three stairs to the back bedroom where his sixteen-year-old daughter lay . |
| 6 | Once again Skaller picked up the two pictures , but only the features of the other boy still held his glance . |
| 7 | Far more controversial is the CHA proposal to open up the 1984 Canada Health Act . |
| 8 | Former county champion Lindsay Taylor is fifth while Steven Souter , Jevon Chan and Steven Cooper make up the eight seeds . |
| 9 | Although much of the attention at the summit was inevitably focused on the changes in Eastern Europe and the drive towards monetary union , the starting point for the talks , particularly from the British delegation 's viewpoint , was the need to speed up the 1992 reforms . |
| 10 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 11 | The vicar takes out the four balls and the waxman , Mr Tommy Temple , who has had the job since 1940 , carefully cuts away the wax and the names are read out . |
| 12 | You could go with the travel club , I suppose , but then you do n't get the chance to come down the Three Goats Heads pub in the city centre before and after the match and meet everyone else from the list — hopefully . |
| 13 | Martha took out the two tiles and laid them in front of him . |
| 14 | Following this brief , Whitaker had gone ahead commissioning a crop of four part stories to make up the twelve shows needed to keep Doctor Who on air for forty-eight weeks — one year in BBC terms , allowing for Christmas , sports events and other potential breaks . |
| 15 | Talbot was on deck when the launch brought back the six survivors . |
| 16 | By September 1991 , a combination of the impact of the recession , the high fixed costs of the Newport office and the loans to pay off the four partners had landed the firm with a £1.65m debt , £1m of which they saw as long-term borrowing and £650,000 as their working capital requirement . |
| 17 | Estimations of their total world sales hover around the 50,000,000 mark . |
| 18 | 2 a ) Did " Certo " sales increase over the six weeks ? b ) By how much ? |
| 19 | 13 a ) Did " Toothless " sales increase over the six week period ? b ) By how much ? |
| 20 | And did you see Ewan Beg take off the two heads at one stroke ? |
| 21 | ‘ I had my people check out the three scentmakers . |
| 22 | Earlier , all three countries dismissed an offer to hand over the two men to Malta . |
| 23 | Darius stomps down the three steps without saying a word . |
| 24 | But both companies ' increase in money sales merely matched the six-fold increase in the retail prices index over the 20 years . |
| 25 | Cargolux in turn brought in the three hauliers as fourth parties by serving fourth party notices on them . |
| 26 | Butterflies seek out the one plant whose leaves provide the only food their caterpillars will eat ; beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them ; flies feverishly deposit their eggs within carrion ; and solitary wasps catch spiders , paralyse them with a sting and stack them around their eggs so that the young larvae will have fresh meat awaiting them . |
| 27 | Then there 's er the door the door at forty feet and there 's er a gunmetal ladder going up the forty feet you 've got to climb up to get into the door . |
| 28 | It is formed when the sun 's ultraviolet radiation breaks up the two atoms of oxygen molecules into single atoms . |
| 29 | Sixteen races made up the 1986 championship . |
| 30 | Sun could simply cut prices on its diskless workstations to fend off the X terminals crowd , says X Business Group analyst Greg Blatnik , but he does n't really believe it , preferring to think they will join the fray instead . |