Example sentences of "managed [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The regulars and the heavy mob from Fleet Street arrived and we just managed to catch the last train to Cambridge . |
| 4 | The branch , run by Charlie Black , managed to secure the first four places , winning with the BP landscaping scheme at Dyce . |
| 5 | Cockfield Fell managed to escape the 18th Century Enclosure Acts and remains a valuable area of common land . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Further those who managed to survive the first university term did reasonably well but did not excel . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |