Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] on the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 By way of final illustration , we can apply Nozick 's refutation to Descartes ' sceptical argument about dreaming , and hence perhaps do better than Descartes did on the last page of the Meditations .
2 Fischer , playing black , won the 30th game after Spassky resigned on the 27th move .
3 Fischer , playing black , won the 30th game after Spassky resigned on the 27th move .
4 Corsie drew shot , but King beat it to tie things up at 6-6 , before Corsie prevailed on the next end to take the set 7-6 and force the decider .
5 Corsie drew shot , but King beat it to tie things up at 6-6 , before Corsie prevailed on the next end to take the set 7-6 and force the decider .
6 When Peace came on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month , the citizens of Glasgow at home and abroad were elated , relieved , delighted , and very , very tired …
7 When a sound start was then followed by a sparkling 80 from Richards , a classical 84 from Hooper and a thumping 72 from Marshall , with even Ambrose making 43 , we knew exactly what was what , and when Richards declared on the fourth evening at 448 for 9 , leaving England with a day plus 51 overs to survive , there were probably not many people who thought they would make it .
8 OPENER David Boon hit a five-hour century yesterday as Australia struggled on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies in Brisbane .
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