Example sentences of "[vb past] their [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The stragglers took their seats in the second half of the train . |
| 7 | Some others , however , like the earl of Sandwich , sent their sons in the first instance to the local grammar school . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | World At One and PM increased their ratings in the first week of the campaign and Today maintained its 1.3 million audience . |
| 10 | 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 . |