Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know you 're chafing at the bit , but we do n't want to risk a third bleed from that low-lying placenta . ’ |
| 2 | She did not want to accept a third coffee . |
| 3 | There was little mirth among the film crew , least of all from Raymond Cusick whose job it suddenly became to pull a last minute rabbit out of the hat . |
| 4 | ‘ The bad news is that they want to see a first draft script within three weeks . ’ |
| 5 | She was alone with the man she believed had killed once and tried to kill a second time . |
| 6 | The Berry-Hill Gallery , in recent years Vicente 's New York dealer , has arranged a ninetieth birthday celebration for Vicente this month in the form of a retrospective spanning five decades of his work and coming right up to and into the Nineties . |
| 7 | He has completed a second marathon as editor-in-chief of a companion volume , the RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening , out this week , which is a guide to designing and a garden and growing flowering plants , fruit , and veg . |
| 8 | The team has completed a second survey recently . |
| 9 | Distinction Awards are Postgraduate studentships which are open to students ordinarily resident anywhere in the UK , who hold or expect to obtain a 1st class Honours degree and who have not previously obtained a postgraduate research award . |
| 10 | Intergraph Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $7.7m after a gain of $2.5m on a change in the way tax is accounted for and a pre-tax restructuring charge of $2.6m , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 1.8% at $282.1m . |
| 11 | General Automation Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $290,000 down from a loss last time of $594,000 , after tax credits of $225,000 this time , $38,000 last , on turnover that rose 0.4% at $11.1m . |
| 12 | Televideo Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $49,000 after an investment gain of $853,000 from an affiliate , against a profit last time of $50,000 , on turnover down 25.7% at $4.0m . |
| 13 | Data Translation Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $983,000 , up from a loss last time of $603,000 , on turnover that rose 10.9% at $8.6m . |
| 14 | Volt Information Sciences Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $1.8m , struck after $959,000 in gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change , down from losses of $3.9m last time , on turnover that rose 10% to $124.6m . |
| 15 | VLSI Technology Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $2.1m against a profit last time of $225,000 on turnover that rose 11.9% to $117.3m . |
| 16 | Conner Peripherals Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $22.5m against a profit last time of $24.6m on turnover that rose 26.5% at $558.3m . |
| 17 | International Business Machines Corp , IBM , has reported a first quarter net loss of $285,000 against a profit last time of $2,540m , which was struck after a gain of $1,900m from an accounting change , on turnover that fell 7.0% at $13,058m . |
| 18 | AT&T Co has reported a first quarter net loss of $5,641m after a $7,020m charge for the accounting change on post-retirement benefits , and a gain of $383 for a tax accounting change , against a profit last time of $883m on turnover up 2.2% at $15,719m . |
| 19 | Intergraph Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $7.7m after a gain of $2.5m on a change in the way tax is accounted for and a pre-tax restructuring charge of $2.6m , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 1.8% at $282.1m . |
| 20 | Control Data Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net profit of $1.3m against a loss last time of $6.7m on turnover that fell 13.0% at $102.7m . |
| 21 | IPL Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $1.4m after a $121,000 gain for the effect of an accounting change , against a profit last time of $1.4m , on turnover that crashed 47.6% at $5.9m . |
| 22 | Kendall Square Research Corp has reported a first quarter net profit of $250,000 against a loss last time of $4.5m , on turnover of $11.4m against just $1.9m last time ; net earnings per share were $0.02 . |
| 23 | Radius Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $5.3m , against a $2.3m profit last time on sales that crashed 28.1% to $30.8m . |
| 24 | Sprint Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $23.6m , struck after a $12.3m loss from discontinued operations , against a profit last time of $106.3m , on turnover that rose 8.7% at $2,728m . |
| 25 | Ceridian Corp has reported a first quarter net profit of $12.9m , compared with a loss last time of $34.1m , which included a loss from discontinued operations of $13.2m and a $41.8m charge from an accounting change , on turnover that increased 8.8% at $224.4m ; net earnings per share were $30 . |
| 26 | Amdahl Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $239.7m , struck after a $243m restructuring charge for lay-offs , against a profit last time of $4.4m , on turnover that slumped 23.5% at $380.7m . |
| 27 | Sequoia Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $3.0m after a charge of $3.3m for the preliminary settlement of the class action suit against it on turnover that slumped 37.9% at $9.6m . |
| 28 | Zeos International Ltd has reported a first quarter net loss of $3.3m , up from a loss last time of $1.9m , which was struck after a tax credit of $1.4m , on turnover that rose 2.2% at $60.4m . |
| 29 | Computervision Corp has reported a first quarter net loss of $10.4m , down from a pro forma loss last time of $26.1m , on turnover down 19.3% at $220.9m . |
| 30 | Gateway Communications Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $474,000 after a $128,000 restructuring charge , against a profit last time of $408,000 on turnover that slumped 50.5% at $3.3m . |