Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun sg] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
2 | Oxford United hope to secure their place in the second round of the Coca Cola Cup tonight . |
3 | Danov said : " I certainly assume that Zhivkov and some other people in his government who have paraded their innocence in the last few years will be indicted . " |
4 | I know my Spencer ancestors built their wealth in the sixteenth century on the rearing of sheep , and I believe one of the benefits of receiving the Freedom of the City is that Freemen , or Women , are able to drive sheep across London Bridge and through the City of London . |
5 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
6 | In Washington , US Administration officials said the soldiers — members of the elite Green Berets — feared the rebels had left booby traps behind and waited for Salvadorean troops to work their way to the sixth floor , on which the soldiers were trapped . |
7 | Everton always looked the more competent side and were unlucky not to increase their lead in the 50th minute . |
8 | Everton always looked the more competent side and were unlucky not to increase their lead in the 50th minute . |
9 | should now have received their list for the next two months . |
10 | Like geology , botany and zoology expanded their territory throughout the nineteenth century . |
11 | Apparently fearing that an increasingly angry president might try to disband the legislature , deputies also voted to continue their session into a fourth day today , ‘ to watch attentively that the executive observes the constitution ’ , in the words of the parliamentary chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov . |
12 | Even ratting contests and prize-fights seemed to lose their appeal in the last quarter of the century . |
13 | But to describe the issue as one which depends on whether or not the bank must be taken to have appointed the husband as its agent to deal with the wife and to procure her consent serves , in my opinion , to mask the basis upon which in certain cases creditors have failed to enforce their security against the third parties and upon which in other cases they have succeeded . |
14 | MIGHTY Wigan launch their bid for a fifth consecutive Stones Bitter championship title at home to Hullone of just two sides to win in the league at Central Park last season . |
15 | Wright , full of vigour and invention , was the motivating force as the Gunners made their way into the next round , where they must travel to Scarborough two days before Christmas . |
16 | The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement . |
17 | Research shows that interviewers will make a visual impression which influences their decision within the first 45 seconds . |
18 | Research shows that interviewers will make a visual impression which influences their decision within the first 45 seconds . |
19 | For the more numerous , horizontally-structured unions in Britain of the craft-type which crossed industry lines their interest during the nineteenth century lay in obtaining uniformity of conditions for the particular occupation throughout the labour market . |
20 | Gooch and the England selectors meet in Manchester to choose their squad for the second Test at Lord 's , and Atherton 's place as Gooch 's opening partner is one of those up for discussion . |
21 | But after a topsy-turvy match at Midgley Park it was the Swifts who booked their place in the second round , running out winners . |
22 | He arrived before them to coordinate their integration into the first U S Marine expeditionary force ; he says the first task for his men will be acclimatisation with desert temperatures still in the high nineties . |
23 | Readers may be familiar with textbooks that set out to define their subject in the first chapter . |
24 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
25 | Town lifted their game in the second half with Phil Whelan and Eddie Youds snuffing out any threat . |
26 | Benson 's at Brimscombe have transferred their production to the third world . |
27 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
28 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
29 | The four European factories must show their efficiency over the next year , especially by selling their products to clients outside of IBM , Winkelmann said . |
30 | MALONE opened their defence of the First Trust Senior Cup with an easy victory over North at Ormeau yesterday . |