Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They dropped their kedge anchor 200 yards offshore and settled down to await the first wave of assault craft . |
| 2 | The main political event of the year to June 1991 was the general election in March , in which the opposition KESK gained the largest number of seats ( 55 out of 200 ) and went on to form the first Finnish government in 25 years which did not include a left-wing party . |
| 3 | He won the NIBA singles championship , and went on to become the first Parks player to lift the coveted Irish title since Balmoral 's Alan McMullan in 1987 . |
| 4 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 5 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 6 | White faced the official carpeting , defused the attacks with a firm but polite dignity , and went off to catch the next train unaffected by the experience . |
| 7 | Hopper will probably agree that he — and the movie — were saved by Nicholson who was sent down by Rafelson as a trouble-shooter in the role of executive producer and ended up playing the third man , the part reserved for Rip Torn . |
| 8 | Stephen gave an absent-minded nod and hurried off to solve the next problem . |
| 9 | Patrick thanked her and sat down facing the second maid , Sarah . |