Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 But as one commentator has remarked , ‘ the trouble is some of these directives look as if they may take until the 21st century to be adopted let alone implemented ’ .
2 They 'll go into the next release of Motif .
3 North-East football joined in the celebrations with Newcastle United victorious at Leicester City ending any lingering doubts they might drop into the Third Division for the first time in their illustrious history .
4 They 're not really so complicated as perhaps they might look in the first place .
5 Time was when the South West would be filled with Gloucester boys … only two Paul Holford and Dave Sims made it on Saturday and there was nothing they could do in the first half to stop the north from taking control … a try from Jim Mallinder gave them a 13-6 lead at half-time …
6 However , they could slip into the third quarter .
7 And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale .
8 ‘ This time last year we had question marks against some players — whether they could play in the First Division .
9 Moreover the West has developed cheap alternatives for most things they used to depend on the Third World for .
10 I think it 's how they used to speak in the twentieth century .
11 They er they used to come at the first , and I 'll tell you this and I , it 's my opinion , they got one of their own men er I 'd foxed them off , you know what I mean , to do their own odd jobs .
12 The aversion argument was extracted from its literary context and elevated into a full-blown defence of crudity in the Oz case : " One of the arguments was that many of the illustrations in Oz were so grossly lewd and unpleasant that they would shock in the first instance and then would tend to repel .
13 Busacher rather thought they would rub through the next few days without an open revolt from Gesner .
14 The nine other sites are ’ — we 'll just put because they 're not in , writing this thing — ’ and they will open from the first of May nineteen ninety-one between nine and six p.m. each day of the week .
15 But they will leave on the fourteenth ?
16 In Puritan homes in which novels were banned , and in Evangelical homes where they were banned on Sundays , generations of children , often skipping the doctrinal dialogue , have been fascinated and excited to imagine themselves to be Christian and Christiana , never knowing what adventures they will find around the next corner and confident that there will be a happy ending .
17 They ask the Duke to do away with the Act , because it will turn the Atholl Highlanders into slaves , and if he will not , they will fight to the last drop of their blood . ’
18 They will play in the Second Division next season .
19 They will wither at the first frosts anyway , if they come ; and if they do n't …
20 ‘ Horse 's Head ’ ( a Godfather of a track ) , ‘ The Flickering Wall ’ and the title track should provide acid fans with as big a fix as they will need until the next Wonder Stuff album .
21 They will come with the next revision of Solaris .
22 I think that teachers need to know people that they can turn to for further advice , but that they could familiarize themselves much more with what , as it were , they can do in the first instance by screening children , by using there are number of published materials , learning inventories , that can be used to discover whether a child has some difficulties that might point in this direction of dyslexia .
23 It is all very well for us to sit here and tell teachers to go on extra courses , but they 're finding that there are n't any left , so the next thing that they can turn to the next person they can turn to is the educational psychologist .
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