Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun pl] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Stamper and Mick Jones scored their goals in the first half , after Dean Ashton had given the home side an early lead . |
| 2 | They certainly fancied their chances in the next event : swimming . |
| 3 | Mrs Grundy , who lives in Whitby Way , Darlington , decided to launch the group after she lost her twins in the 24th week of her pregnancy . |
| 4 | No fewer than 39,000 members of the Merchant Service lost their lives in the Second World War , many of them in the Western Approaches , yet they are invariably overshadowed by their more glamorous allies in the Royal Navy . |
| 5 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 6 | More disasters followed , when it was found that the track had been laid slightly out-of-gauge , and all of the new cars 27–41 broke their axles in the first two weeks . |
| 7 | The stragglers took their seats in the second half of the train . |
| 8 | Some others , however , like the earl of Sandwich , sent their sons in the first instance to the local grammar school . |
| 9 | Commenting on its figures , LSI Logic Corp reports that net profit in the first quarter exceeded net in any single quarter in the company 's 12-year history ; it also surpassed total net profit in all of 1991 ; it said the improved financial results reflect a significant turnaround since it restructured its operations in the third quarter of 1992 . |
| 10 | The clock was installed in 1920 with money raised by the parishioners with the intention of creating a long-lasting memorial to those who served and gave their lives in the First World War . |
| 11 | World At One and PM increased their ratings in the first week of the campaign and Today maintained its 1.3 million audience . |
| 12 | Nicholas impeded his generals in the first campaigning season by taking the field personally , but in 1829 Ivan Dibich led the army deep into eastern Thrace while Paskevich , in the east , took Kars and Erzerum ( a campaign immortalized in prose by Aleksandr Pushkin ) . |
| 13 | Electroencephalography , it is true , had its origins in the nineteenth century but only in recent years has there been an acceleration of interest in lateralised electrophysiological phenomena . |
| 14 | Gynaecology enjoyed an intricate and fraught relationship with obstetrics , which had its origins in the 18th century . |
| 15 | Dr Ger Van Vliet , scientific director of the Botanical Gardens in Lieden , said his tasks in the next three years would be to make customs officials more aware of endangered plants , reducing the illegal trade , and help countries supplying wild plants to sell correctly propagated specimens . |
| 16 | In London the Women 's Film and TV Network , Converse Pictures , Women in Sync and Aphra Workshops have all lost their funding and closed their doors in the last few years . |