Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adv prt] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 the finish is at Drumlanrig castle … they 've been running … slipping … sliding over the mounatins for seven hours … they 've climbed into the clouds … they 've crossed the streams … they 've run through the glens for mile after mile … the Oxfordshire team of Bunn and Thetford were up to second place but have finished fourth … its been a long hard day …
2 I looked down the other scores and confirmed that Jack was in about twentieth place , so he would need a very special round today to force his way back among the leaders .
3 The chief executive , Partick Dromgoole , said sales in September were down on last year .
4 ‘ Whatever you and Peter were up to last night , ’ he went on savagely , ‘ it was n't enough to satisfy you .
5 We 're in it every day now and Tommy was on like last night when I went in , Tommy was on to now say it .
6 Senna was back in ninth place in the warm-up on his home circuit , after clocking 1–21.146 , while Berger , of Austria , was 16th .
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