Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [noun prp] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After defeating Pam at the 19th to win the Scottish , she went on to bag the Australian Girls ' title and the British Stroke-Play Championship . |
| 2 | Andy Robinson 's side may be a blend of the old and the new , but they still look like the side to beat again after demolishing Nottingham in the first round and drawing last year 's losing finalists , Northampton , in the quarter-finals . |
| 3 | ( He had previously given assurances that he would return to face charges of slandering Mazowiecki during the first round . ) |
| 4 | They argue that democratic theory needs to be adjusted to the realities of governing Britain in the twentieth century . |
| 5 | Lagan Valley finished last and , despite beating RUC in the last meeting , could not avoid the drop to division two . |
| 6 | Kelly was excellent though he was mighty lucky to get away with tugging Giggs in the first minute . |
| 7 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 8 | By encouraging expansion , automation and innovation it proved vital in strengthening France despite the Fourth Republic 's political weaknesses . |
| 9 | Three leading opposition figures were prevented from leaving Kenya in the first week of July to attend a human rights conference in London . |
| 10 | Before leaving London for the second time , the Captain of the aircraft received an updated weather report showing that conditions were bad at Manchester and deteriorating quickly at Prestwick . |
| 11 | Remember , they only missed out on meeting Copenhagen in the first round proper by 0.3 of a point . |
| 12 | The feelings of joy and despair in these two passages are almost equally balanced , and the Jewish cry of delight on seeing the shore-line of Palestine in the first and the image of Arab guns and hopelessness on leaving Palestine in the second are even more relevant now than they were then . |
| 13 | Alcatel hijacked the contract by undercutting Westinghouse at the last minute . |