Example sentences of "their [num ord] [noun sg] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were all in their second year at the college which is celebrating its centenary . |
| 2 | A similar message was given by Trevor Pedley from Dudley whose wife Christine gave birth to their first child at the weekend . |
| 3 | All the girls were presented with black kittens in their first term at the academy and these were trained to ride on the back of their broomsticks . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't do such a thing — unlike some people around here , ’ she added under her breath , referring to the time when Mildred had accidently changed Ethel into a pig during their first term at the school . |
| 5 | The school operates a fairly strict assessment policy which requires subject teachers to give each pupil attainment grades at the end of their first term at the school , this is used to place the pupil in either high or mixed ability groups . |
| 6 | The scenes between Hilarion , Giselle , Albrecht and Bathilde are reminiscent of the scenes that develop Tybalt 's hatred of Romeo from the first fight between Montague and Capulet to his discovery of Romeo with Juliet after their first meeting at the ball , and finally to the fight that ends in Tybalt 's death . |
| 7 | Less than a week after their first meeting at the poetry reading , she found a message waiting for her , asking her to ring Clelia 's number , and she rang , and Clelia invited herself round to tea . |
| 8 | Lyle 's wife , Jolande , expects their first baby at the end of March , and the first British winner of the title in 1988 will almost certainly withdraw if she is late . |
| 9 | Asked if the Princess had changed since their last meeting at the mission in September 1991 , Mother Teresa said : ‘ She was as I know her . ’ |
| 10 | But Gilbert and George have already begun work on their next exhibition at the end of 1993 , in China . |