Example sentences of "of [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps Somalia has more in common with Chad , another desert full of warlords , where the toppling of one gang by another caused no more than a bit of looting last month . |
| 2 | Objectivity Inc , Menlo Park , California , said it closed its third round of financing last week , an exercise that got started in January . |
| 3 | JOHN McGRATH quit as manager of struggling Third Division Halifax Town yesterday . |
| 4 | Secker & Warburg , Chatto & Windus and Hamish Hamilton started to publish books straight into paperback instead of producing first editions in hardback . |
| 5 | a mate of mine actually worked out in Russia and he said you know , piece of discussions about when , where the Russian 's sort of appear first and this sort of he said he said erm , this , he said that , that kids running around on the streets of Moscow is actually given a working permit and so he could actual work there and sort of like er |
| 6 | Yeah even though she 's down on the bottom she 's bound to of come second |
| 7 | The majority of Wear Valley 's GPs do n't have anything like 7,000 patients due to Wear Valley being a rural community and so are in danger of becoming second class citizens . |
| 8 | And France 's answer to Disneyland — a £69m Asterix theme park in Picardy — received its millionth visitor within months of opening last spring . |
| 9 | Four bars leading up to the chorus using the same notes as before , but a more basic pattern and an octave down , until the chorus comes in loud and heavy , a complete contrast with its barrages of driving sixteenth notes . |
| 10 | Some of these residents have lived in this road particularly all their lives and they 've suffered the traumas of living next to a pit and are absolutely horrified er at the prospects of what is basically going to be a scrap yard . |
| 11 | When Tormey cites the art of acting as an example of representational behaviour , he was really talking about the style of acting first attributed to the famous English eighteenth-century actor David Garrick , acting which demanded not the expression of emotion but an accomplished technique by which ‘ natural ’ expressions of real life became distilled on stage by artifice . |
| 12 | ‘ This is a real opportunity to promote the idea of publishing first novels as paperback originals . |
| 13 | NIGEL MANSELL 'S old boss Frank Williams will be waiting on the sidelines today as motor sport 's top brass sit down in Paris to find a way of saving next year 's Grand Prix calendar and prevent his Williams team from paying a massive fine . |
| 14 | She also wanted to have a Sunday dinner , whenever possible , in the style of Willis , who followed the bargemen 's custom of serving first sultana pudding with gravy , and then the roast . |
| 15 | Rather does the future have an imperative claim upon the present , alerting all men to the urgency and exclusiveness of seeking first the Kingdom of God . |
| 16 | They always sort of came first , they were the sort of centre of the family and everything rotated round them . |
| 17 | Er he was a delicate baby and I was always the sturdy one and I was always expected to give in to him and sort of coddle him an an he , he , he was always sort of put first . |
| 18 | The World Bank was last year reported to be in the throes of an anguished debate between its environmental unit and its energy department over the best way of enlisting Third World support for curbing greenhouse gases . |
| 19 | Did you say that ? dead lucky , never of done last three years it 's rained . |
| 20 | Especially after that rash of rustling last year — you remember ? |
| 21 | where plaintiff recovers costs of suing first plaintiff from second plaintiff they will be taxed on standard basis and not indemnity or solicitor and client basis . |
| 22 | It 's the issue with the Tom Verlaine article , the one where Chadwick contributed some Verlaine-orientated thoughts for the piece — but instead of turning first to that , he flips straight to the cover interview with Slash . |
| 23 | And she could of bought next time round anyway . |
| 24 | Now I had the choice of going first , , so if I choose to go first then you can choose the colours . . |
| 25 | ‘ For anyone who is considering joining the police becoming a Special is an ideal way of getting first hand experience of the job , ’ said SC Barker . |
| 26 | ‘ For anyone who is considering joining the police becoming a Special is an ideal way of getting first hand experience of the job , ’ said SC Barker . |
| 27 | It does seem as though the Fantasy League people have it mainly correct however , as only the top 5 teams in this table seem to have any chance of getting 1st or 2nd place ( excepting maybe Norwich at 9th ) , the rest destined for mid-table ignominy . |
| 28 | No evidence that Italy or Germany had prior knowledge of outbreak of war yet arms aircraft sent within a fortnight of rising 15th July 1936 . |
| 29 | Trading Standards officers say the case tragically illustrates the dangers of buying second hand electrical goods . |
| 30 | However , having started back at the club it has become apparent that the club has no intention of coaching last season 's players to highlight weaknesses and prepare them for the higher level of rugby . |