Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.

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1 I gathered from the locals here that Leeds have been given something around the 2,500 mark so I expect they will go quite quickly .
2 I gathered from the locals here that Leeds have been given something around the 2,500 mark so I expect they will go quite quickly .
3 I 'm doing it through the four years of the course .
4 And so you were telling me about the twenty six strike .
5 On the day arrangements went smoothly and we were settling ourselves on the 1220 ex Llangollen when Colin appeared in person , having done his work in the small hours and put our visit ahead of his sleep !
6 It is understood none of the three have been informed there is to be disciplinary hearing but a file is in the hands of Deputy Chief Constable Michael Argent who is in charge of force discipline .
7 The most common method of distinguishing between production systems or types of production is to separate them into the three categories of jobbing , batch and mass production .
8 The second is to present them to the three million visitors each year in ‘ an educative and enjoyable way ’ .
9 As he was conducting them across the dozen or so yards , the Archimandrite appeared to touch Miss Fergusson 's elbow by way of courteous but strictly unnecessary guidance .
10 Unfortunately , Meacher was only acting : he was playing himself in the 1985 TV drama Edge of Darkness , which the BBC is repeating .
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