Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb -s] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 In Harling in 1938 , Hilbery J. expressed the view that ‘ a charge of rape requires to be sustained by evidence which satisfies the jury first of all that there was carnal knowledge , secondly that it was by force , and thirdly that it was without consent . ’
2 ‘ I 've just come from a session with Gladys Brown , a strange woman who has the room next to Meryl Armitage 's .
3 The necessity of a supply bag to the parachutist is that dangling twenty feet below him on a cord it hits the ground first , a useful precaution when landing in the dark .
4 The rewards for those who do conform , and the penalties on those who do not , are justified in terms of a cultural tradition which places the group first and the individual second .
5 I woke as usual at half past six , and went straight out for a run in the park , like I do every morning , with LCpl Smith who has the bunk next to mine .
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