Example sentences of "[v-ing] their [noun] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 2 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 3 | In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time . |
| 4 | A dollop of cranberry sauce has been the traditional accompaniment to turkey since the Pilgrim Fathers ate what they called crane berries ( the flowers resemble cranes ) — probably in the form of a sauce — with turkey at the Thanksgiving feast , celebrating their survival of the first winter spent in America . |
| 5 | There they were on the first , belated , league Saturday of the season , celebrating their arrival in the first division , unveiling new-look Sunbury as a showpiece of healthy ambition and running Bath so close that the perennial might of the champions was instantly called into question . |
| 6 | They have suffered a few setbacks since clinching their place in the last four , including a midweek League Cup semi-final knockout by Coleraine . |
| 7 | The first of the pros were already finishing their rounds on the 18th green . |
| 8 | His wife , Elizabeth , has told Mollie that they did not really get the view that it was coming their way until the next week ; but , in fact , it was . |
| 9 | The resources are allocated periodically at a review meeting which is preceded by individual project leaders assessing their own progress and estimating their needs for the next period . |
| 10 | MANY churches were focusing their prayers on the first Sunday of December to guide them in their response to AIDS . |
| 11 | Bann have the two best teams in Ireland chasing their scalp in the next six days . |
| 12 | Yes Please ’ and problems within the Mondays taking their toll over the last year-and-a-half . |
| 13 | Andy and Des were making their way to the 18th tee . |
| 14 | WALES , the Soviet Union and West Germany are three new nations making their debut at the 15th Hong Kong Sevens , to be staged from 31 March to 1 April next year . |
| 15 | Six Welsh officials and 10 players made the trip , many changing their mind at the last minute . |
| 16 | Indeed , none of the candidates sitting their referral for the first time passed . |
| 17 | In front of the clubhouse , the flags of the 20 or so nations represented among the 260 competitors hung limply in the flat calm as the early starters fidgeted nervously awaiting their call to the first tee . |
| 18 | Just ask Falkirk , who have produced some great stuff this season yet look increasingly likely to be playing their football in the First Division next season . |
| 19 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 20 | It was an astonishing performance in a first-rate production , and it led directly to her casting as Kitty MacVurrich in The Long Roads , McGrath 's TV film about a cancer-stricken Skye woman and her husband , visiting their children for the last time . |