Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he tossed and turned , hoping Girth the bricklayer 's son had delivered his message to Sir John Cranston indicating where they should meet the next day . |
| 2 | A quarter of non-executives believed they should have the last word on mergers ( 10% of chief executives agreed ) and a fifth ( compared with 3% of the bosses ) thought they should approve major borrowings and loans . |
| 3 | They 'll spend the next week battling with each other to see who is the champion student debater . |
| 4 | Then they 'll kill the first passenger . ’ |
| 5 | United had four cleared off the line … hit the bar twice but it took a hand ball and a penalty from Jim Magilton to get them back into the game … with ten minutes to go the Manor was celebrating an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp and surely they could see the second division side off … but after extra time it was still two all and now down to penalties … the crunch came when Chrissy Allen 's kick was saved … and Swansea 's Keith Walker scored to make it five four to the second division side on penalties … |
| 6 | Alborne seemed content to sit on their eight-goal lead but , when four Whaddon players left the pitch with ten minutes to go so they could catch the last bus , it was too good an opportunity to miss , and Alborne finally ran out winners by eleven goals to nil . |
| 7 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |
| 8 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 9 | McDonald 's Corporation said yesterday they would become the ninth sponsor of the 1994 World Cup in the United States . |
| 10 | They will lease the first team pitch and clubhouse back from the buyers next season and expect to move to new premises in 1993 . |
| 11 | Monaco despatched a scout to trail him at Bournemouth the following week , and they will use the next couple of days to decide whether to gamble on bringing Lambert to Europe 's gambling capital . |
| 12 | They will find the next letter in this word easier . |
| 13 | They will share the first prize of £500 , receive a framed copy of the Direct Banking logo and be invited to spend the day with the unit . |
| 14 | The bullets may bounce off the sides of the slits or go plumb through the middle , so that we can not be certain of exactly where they will hit the second screen . |
| 15 | Then they will kill the first passenger . ’ |
| 16 | Their desire to leave farming will simply be increased and they will seize the first opportunity to move . |