Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers were always going to hit the first target once they realised that a one in three rota without prospective cover fitted the limit of 83 hours a week exactly . |
| 2 | The female mates with up to four males , laying a clutch of four eggs for each of them , but usually staying to help the last male . |
| 3 | Bernard had needed little persuading to buy the first company aeroplane , a twin-engined Piper Navajo for £95,000 , which carried six passengers and two pilots . |
| 4 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 5 | They were also immature in the battles they had with their children , often fighting to have the last word , calling the child names , or taunting them with statements such as ‘ You just dare ’ . |