Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oldham , who have now gone seven away games without a win , will rue the fact that they dominated the first half but failed to turn it to advantage . |
| 2 | To read how my own ancestors lived in the time of the Tudors and the Stuarts and to even learn that they occupied the 10th pew adjoining the South Wall in the Myddle Church has been the inspiration to write down some reminiscences of my own childhood and of the stories related to me , in the hope that they will be of interest , not only to the present generation , but maybe , also to that 500 years hence ! |
| 3 | He took her hand and they approached the second door on the left . |
| 4 | And you do n't fall asleep , as you are inclined to do if you try to be an absorbent sponge , soaking in what the authors say as if they had the last word . |
| 5 | The opposition Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) had restated that if they won the next election they would seek a complete ban on low-level flying . |
| 6 | They climbed until they reached the first pocket of snow , which lay in a long , dark slash on the mountain 's side . |
| 7 | Those last would not be required again until they reached the last mile of the return trip . |
| 8 | They could n't see the shepherd until they crossed the last rise but they could hear the sheepbells on the clear air . |
| 9 | From this vantage point they were to keep up a steady rifle fire on the sepoys advancing over the open ground until they heard the first ringing of the Church bell . |
| 10 | Sweden 's Maria Gretzer , on Marcopille , was one but they had the next fence down and were among 10 sharing third place with four faults . |
| 11 | I separated them but they died the next day . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If I sounded dubious about The Smiths , it 's because they represented the first threat to us . ’ |
| 14 | Patrick stayed with that match till they reached the 7th hole , the Maiden . |
| 15 | Well yeah the wind fell but I 'm not really sure whether they went the next day or the day after that I ca n't remember . |
| 16 | It took another five days of route-marching before they heard the first sound of artillery fire , could smell the trenches and therefore knew they must be approaching the front . |
| 17 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 18 | Could n't believe it when they got the first goal after ten seconds |
| 19 | There was tremendous surprise when they reached the 24th number . |
| 20 | When they reached the first sight of the city , it is recorded , Jesus wept , exclaiming : ‘ O , Jerusalem , Jerusalem , how often would I have gathered thy children , as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings , and ye would not . ’ |
| 21 | When they reached the first floor , he opened one of the doors and she walked into a large bedroom with a huge bed , masses of cupboard space , a comfortable armchair , and a table and chairs set by the window . |
| 22 | Jimmy had pulled himself together again when they reached the third landing . |
| 23 | When they reached the next chamber he extinguished it and exchanged it for the torch . |
| 24 | You ca n't fool me ’ , offered none either , save for saying ‘ Here we are , sir ’ when they reached the eighth floor . |
| 25 | The tail end of the search for Surere was still in progress when they found the fourth girl . |
| 26 | ‘ There is enormous support for the scheme in the town and when they considered the first application , the only resident input came from a small group of people who opposed it , ’ he said . |
| 27 | BALLYNAHINCH 'S pack dominated the opening exchanges and made their intentions known when they won the first scrum against the head . |
| 28 | A frequent fault is to read out passages from textbooks as though they represented the last word on the law . |
| 29 | He got up and went back down the stairs , going out into the gathering darkness , across the priory grounds behind the chapel from where he could hear the sweet , melodious chant of the nuns as they sang the first psalm of Compline . |
| 30 | As soon as they finished the first course Rodney raised his wine glass . |