Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed to fly OK , so we prepared for the 482 kilometres water crossing to Australia .
2 10.7 The most exhilarating race came in the 15 years class as the Robinson twins of Coleraine battled out a nailbiting finish with Louise just pipping Emma by 0.05 seconds .
3 The Washington Post of Oct. 28 reported that US intelligence agencies had recently discovered that Israel had exported key ballistic missile components to South Africa , but that President Bush had secretly decided to waive the sanctions against Israel required under the 1990 Appropriations Bill .
4 Christie , who stormed to the 100 metres title in 9.96 seconds , was even quicker to condemn the authorities for allowing the drugs saga to reach the Olympics .
5 I commented to Ladislav on the coincidence of eights in Czech history : 1618 when Ferdinand 's deposition led to the Thirty Years War ; 1918 when Czechoslovakia was founded ; 1938 and Munich ; 1968 and Dubček .
6 That led to the Hundred Years War , and in the summer of 1346 , Edward III landed in Normandy and that led to the battle of Crecy on 26th .
7 Lurgan cruised to a five wickets victory over CYM at Terenure .
8 BROUGH PARK is buzzing about the trial time of newcomer Jerpoint Randy , which went round the 500 metres trip in 30.44 secs .
9 During 1907–8 , although a local committee was formed by the ETS to study the " female question " , priority went to the 50 hours campaign , which was finally settled in February 1909 , thus leaving the way clear .
10 I wo n't forget Linford Christie 's eyeballs — bulging , fixed and apparently unseeing as he burst from the 100 metres pack .
11 The Reich ended in the Thirty Years War of the early seventeenth century .
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