Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] their [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So on gaining the top , where the walkers are tucking into their second pork pie , the rock-climber needs some way to distinguish him or herself as greatly superior . |
| 2 | Chigwellians are appearing in their fourth final , having last won the cup in 1980 , while this is Etonians ' second appearance . |
| 3 | Chigwellians are appearing in their fourth final , having last won the cup in 1980 , while this is Etonians ' second appearance . |
| 4 | Professor Brunsden said that more than 10 per cent of children are dying in their first year . |
| 5 | Mike McAnenay ( 40min ) and John McQuade ( 86 ) gave Dumbarton their third successive triumph over the bottom club , who are looking for their first home win of the season . |
| 6 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 7 | Alan Bleasdale declined to contribute to NSS 's ‘ Look Forward in Anger ’ feature last week ( ‘ It 's 1997 and the Conservatives are going for their fifth election victory in a row … ’ ) because he says he is n't any good at foreseeing the future : ‘ I never thought cassette tapes would catch on . ’ |
| 8 | If a newly married couple are moving into their first home , for example , you could create a design incorporating both their names , the date of their move and perhaps even the name or location of their house . |
| 9 | Indeed , many clarets , even the classified growths , are drinking before their 10th birthday while others , of course , will take much longer to come around . |
| 10 | The Bretton Woods institutions are preparing for their fiftieth anniversary next year . |
| 11 | No future plans for record releases have been made as yet , but it is understood that the band are working on their first album proper , following last year 's singles-compilation ‘ Gala ’ . |