Example sentences of "manage [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But here the Common Law Courts manage to get the last word ; for they acquired the power , in the fifteenth century , to decide whether the writ is good or not , and if not , the fact that the plaintiff has got the writ will not help him . |
| 2 | Misreading the clues , they head off in completely the wrong direction and manage to become the first people ever to get shipwrecked on one of the islands of Derwentwater . |
| 3 | I realize I am too awake to fall back asleep but I manage to make the fourth minute take longer than the previous three to count out , or finally |
| 4 | The drama was not quite over because all three players managed to hit the last green in two shots , and Harley , by dint of a nice kick forward when the ball pitched , was no more than six feet from the hole . |
| 5 | I only managed to see the second programme when still perhaps a little punch-drunk from over-exposure to Bournonville at the Copenhagen festival , but I relished the four examples of choreography by Mark Morris and Lar Lubovitch , particularly when they showed off Baryshnikov . |
| 6 | The regulars and the heavy mob from Fleet Street arrived and we just managed to catch the last train to Cambridge . |
| 7 | The branch , run by Charlie Black , managed to secure the first four places , winning with the BP landscaping scheme at Dyce . |
| 8 | Cockfield Fell managed to escape the 18th Century Enclosure Acts and remains a valuable area of common land . |
| 9 | Eventually we reached the Aru Islands , close to the shores of west New Guinea , where we managed to record the first ever colour footage of the golden-tailed bird in its natural habitat . |
| 10 | Again the try came from a concerted attack involving forwards and backs , Guscott and Brendan Mullin barely managing to squeeze the last two passes away . |
| 11 | In early spring Maud , his wife , suffered her second miscarriage , and with the accompanying trauma it was a wonder James managed to finish the last of his studies at the hospital . |
| 12 | Further those who managed to survive the first university term did reasonably well but did not excel . |
| 13 | He managed to complete the last lap with a flourish in a little under a minute , opening up a 10-metre lead down the back straight . |
| 14 | Blake managed to stop the first punch reaching its mark , but soon realized that he was also a target and a dozen people lashing out at him and his companion were not good odds . |
| 15 | The implementation of Council Tax has gone reasonably successfully to date and we have managed to process the first stage of recovery , that is Reminders , at the end of May 1993 . |
| 16 | In another case we have managed to eliminate the first galley stage completely The first setting is now carried out at the first page proof stage and even this will save around £50,000 per year — more than the cost of the entire system . |
| 17 | Roy just managed to get the last seat on the plane and was making his way down the cabin , trying to secure space for his luggage . |
| 18 | Fran glared at him , cursing the fact that he had managed to get the last word on her programme ! |
| 19 | P only managed to pay the first three instalments . |
| 20 | He had moored three laden barges in position midstream and is the tide turned and the fog swept upriver he had finally managed to bring the last of them into its berth below Chamber 's Wharf . |