Example sentences of "[coord] managed [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sergeant Ammunition Technician RAOC working in the depot was first on the scene , and managed to evacuate the driver and passenger of the vehicle by German Fluey helicopter to the AMF(L) Italian Field Hospital . |
| 2 | They were spotted by two Italian CR 42 aircraft which came into attack and managed to destroy the ‘ Blitz Buggy ’ . |
| 3 | Holding tight with his left hand , he then leaned as far forward with his right as he dared and managed to prop the twig in the gap he had created . |
| 4 | He went back to Prince 's Lodge and managed to collect the keys of the Missile without being seen . |
| 5 | WHEN CHARLES WEBB 'S novel The Graduate was first published in 1963 , Lawrence Turman , a 37-year-old independent producer with a couple of films to his name — The Young Doctors and I Could Go On Singing — read it , liked it and managed to acquire the rights in 1964 for $20,000 from the ingenuous author . |
| 6 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 7 | We played some good cricket and managed to win the competition with a young and inexperienced team , which can only be good for the country . ’ |
| 8 | Over in the blue tent ( the roof of which unceremoniously blew off on Sunday just prior to kick off ) the SMASHING PUMPKINS lived up to their name and managed to smash the MD of Hut Records , their record company , on the head with a flying guitar , courtesy of singer Billy Colgan . |
| 9 | Mr Wilson soon had the situation under control , however , and managed to get the whole school lining up in one of the four corridor approaches to the sports hall . |
| 10 | Well I got trapped under er under one of the er rocks that f fell down and then managed to get that off me leg and went to give assistance to er the machine-man , the man on the machine which er trapped as well and er realized then that me leg had me leg was broken so took me down the end of the road and managed to get the stone off the lad and the machine and you got carried in to hospital . |
| 11 | Ariel heard her and managed to decipher the words : ‘ Adesangé , god of the mountain , do not abandon me ! ’ |
| 12 | The receivers proceeded with the receivership and managed to repay the bank in full . |
| 13 | Delving into a plastic bag on the seat beside him Signor Fixit unearthed the Informer and managed to change the subject . |
| 14 | He leaned even nearer and Nuadu stood his ground and managed to withstand the stench of the suppurating flesh and the rotting bones . |
| 15 | The first three aircraft had the advantage of surprise and managed to enter the Harbour before encountering the full force of the anti-aircraft fire and searchlights . |
| 16 | Without even really thinking about it , she pretended to trip , staggered in her direction , deliberately lost her balance , and managed to lob the leprechaun into a clump of grass where the little girl would be able to find it easily . |
| 17 | ‘ Look out for over-size or deformed rounds , ’ Woolley said , and managed to make the advice sound like a curse . |
| 18 | He had a full bomb load , but managed to level the plane long enough for his crew to bail out , then he managed to steer it away from the town and crash into a nearby field . |
| 19 | His brother was stabbed in the hand but managed to raise the alarm . |
| 20 | He was of course bound by the Court of Appeal decisions but managed to construe the memorandum of agreement so as to render clause 6 ineffective in fettering the right of the landlord to serve a notice to quit after the landlord had ceased to be a road widening authority . |