Example sentences of "[vb past] their [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know my Spencer ancestors built their wealth in the sixteenth century on the rearing of sheep , and I believe one of the benefits of receiving the Freedom of the City is that Freemen , or Women , are able to drive sheep across London Bridge and through the City of London . |
| 2 | Over the past 30 years investors in American and British IPOs who sold their shares on the first trading day earned returns of 15% and 12% respectively . |
| 3 | Like geology , botany and zoology expanded their territory throughout the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Wright , full of vigour and invention , was the motivating force as the Gunners made their way into the next round , where they must travel to Scarborough two days before Christmas . |
| 5 | The workers made their comments at the tenth anniversary conference of the Association of Black Social Workers and Allied Professions held last week in London . |
| 6 | The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement . |
| 7 | Christies International , one of the world 's leading art auctioneers , yesterday revealed their profits for the last six months had been hammered by £1 million down to £2,112,000 . |
| 8 | But after a topsy-turvy match at Midgley Park it was the Swifts who booked their place in the second round , running out winners . |
| 9 | Constant harassment and predation on their breeding grounds by fishermen reduced their stocks during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ; the last individuals were killed by man in 1844 . |
| 10 | Perhaps this was what those few loud-mouthed rabbit-eyed creatures who dropped their bombs at the first flak and then came back and talked about the target area had felt like . |
| 11 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
| 12 | This year , as the locos dropped their fires for the last time , the cash bag totalled more than £1243.72 . |
| 13 | Town lifted their game in the second half with Phil Whelan and Eddie Youds snuffing out any threat . |
| 14 | Graham Stamper and Mick Jones scored their goals in the first half , after Dean Ashton had given the home side an early lead . |
| 15 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
| 16 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 17 | MALONE opened their defence of the First Trust Senior Cup with an easy victory over North at Ormeau yesterday . |
| 18 | He came up with them as they followed their tee-shots up the 2nd fairway . |
| 19 | Most Bangladeshi mothers breastfed their babies for the first few weeks , switching to either combination or bottle feeding after this period . |
| 20 | They certainly fancied their chances in the next event : swimming . |
| 21 | On 25th May , while the German army raced ruthlessly across Belgium and the inhabitants of England watched their skies for the first signs of airborne invasion , the scientists in the Oxford Pathology Department performed a crucial experiment . |
| 22 | Standing in front of the hall is a war memorial , which records the names of 13 men who served and/or lost their lives during the First World War . |
| 23 | On the more serious side , make a pilgrimage to the infamous ‘ Death Railway ’ in the River Kwai Valley where thousands lost their lives during the Second World War . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 26 | Gayle made it 2–0 with a sweet 36th-minute volley , but the visitors lost their way in the second period . |
| 27 | After supplying his sixth goal of the season , Shaughnessy forced Beasley into a full length save yet Runcorn completely lost their way in the second half . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Ballyclare restored their lead in the 55th minute when promising Adrian Moore broke clear on the right and crossed for James Beattie to tap home the second goal . |
| 30 | After a generation in which we can detect only rather humdrum work in the Kerameikos , the Athenians established their supremacy in the second quarter of the century . |