Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A BUTCHER 'S shop was devastated by a gas explosion less than 24 hours after winning first prize in a national meat competition . |
| 2 | Just 48 hours after dumping fourth seed Goran Ivanisevic out of the Stella Artois championships , the 23-year-old from Southampton lost 3–6 7–5 6–3 to one of the few players at Queen 's Club this week ranked lower than his 176 . |
| 3 | Gay activists stormed the San Francisco set of the movie during filming last year , accusing the script of being homophobic and sexist . |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell was certainly whacked yesterday … on the verge of collapse after coming second to Ayrton Senna in the Monacco Grand Prix |
| 5 | And veteran player David McCreery could also figure in Feetham 's future after announcing last night he has played his last game for Hartlepool United . |
| 6 | ANDY Jones lifted the Winter League Trophy after finishing third in the final match fished at Pakefield . |
| 7 | The court held that the practice of making first offers of work to a selected group of people who had declared themselves available , and the practice of declaring oneself available to ensure that such offers would be made , whilst an arrangement " of mutual advantage " to the parties , was not one involving contractual commitments or mutual obligation . |
| 8 | However , having started back at the club it has become apparent that the club has no intention of coaching last season 's players to highlight weaknesses and prepare them for the higher level of rugby . |
| 9 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
| 10 | I had the pleasure of sitting next to Prince Abdullah at luncheon , whom I found a most interesting young man . |
| 11 | And France 's answer to Disneyland — a £69m Asterix theme park in Picardy — received its millionth visitor within months of opening last spring . |
| 12 | The final victory , though , belonged to the band 's drummers and drum sergeant Gordan Parkes with took first place in Grade 1 , drumming on Antante DTS 4 Drums . |
| 13 | The success of British industry in exporting last year was also attributable to having the right framework for taxation , which encourages and rewards enterprise on the part of both individuals and companies . |
| 14 | The boom in buying second homes in Europe has ended for the time being — the buyers wo n't be back until the UK economy recovers |
| 15 | In 1878 The Royal Agricultural Society reported in their journal : ‘ This farm , in fact , has all the requisites of a prize farm , and we had therefore very great pleasure in awarding First Prize ( in all England ) to Mr Long who will , we feel certain , consider it a recognition of the untiring industry shown by himself and his wife in the management of this pretty little farm … the arable land is cultivated like a garden , being wonderfully free from weeds . |
| 16 | There is even a chapter on buying second hand — which has to be a boon for other Leica devotees . |
| 17 | Most of the houses sell for around 60,000 pounds … and keen pricing seems to be the key to attracting first time buyers : |
| 18 | Cargolux in turn brought in the three hauliers as fourth parties by serving fourth party notices on them . |
| 19 | Robin Cook , the party 's health spokesman , who retained his executive seat by coming second , said the vote showed the degree to which the party wanted to elect people who devoted their energies to helping Labour to win the next election . |
| 20 | The British challenge was always expected to be spearheaded by McRae 's Subaru Legacy , but Wilson confounded the pundits by snatching fifth place overall — four seconds behind his domestic rival . |
| 21 | In the next six months , as Italy faces the responsibility of hosting next summer 's World Cup finals , Vicini is likely to need all his inner calm if he is to keep his head while all about him people are becoming a little agitated . |
| 22 | In the next six months , as Italy faces the responsibility of hosting next summer 's World Cup finals , Vicini is likely to need all his inner calm if he is to keep his head while all about him people are becoming a little agitated . |
| 23 | Mowden will hold an extra training session tonight in the hope of repeating last season 's 6–0 win . |
| 24 | Perhaps Somalia has more in common with Chad , another desert full of warlords , where the toppling of one gang by another caused no more than a bit of looting last month . |
| 25 | Try a bit of cancelling first . |
| 26 | I do n't know why I think maybe the , the tablets helped , but erm I was saying I was kind of having second thoughts whether I was wanting to go on the H R T or |
| 27 | Trading Standards officers say the case tragically illustrates the dangers of buying second hand electrical goods . |
| 28 | It was a case of grabbing first and taking as much as you could before your neighbour pulled the dish away from you . |
| 29 | To those who knew no better , he told a story of having first taken the examinations and done brilliantly . |
| 30 | A STAR who prances about wearing next to nothing covered himself in glory yesterday … as best-dressed man of the year . |