Example sentences of "[that] [num] [prep] the two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported that one of the two attackers had been wounded while escaping . |
| 2 | ‘ Gorbachev sends troops to Georgia ’ was The Times headline that day and the hotel manager greeted us with news that one of the two helicopters had crashed last Friday , leaving three people in hospital . |
| 3 | Well , when we say horrifying car crash what we really mean is that one of the two cars got a puncture and the other vehicle bashed into the back of them but you never know , it could have been worse . |
| 4 | I soon discovered that one of the two compartments of the dinghy had sprung a leak and it was a race against time to reach shore before it deflated completely . |
| 5 | Especially of interest was the fact that one of the two men clearly experiencing difficulty with section ( c ) on the examination paper , Howard Brown ( Morse wondered why his wife had n't been willing to cover for him ) , had filled in section ( e ) with the correct date of arrival , 27 October ; or , to be more precise about the matter , ‘ 2 October ’ . |