Example sentences of "[verb] the [num ord] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It met the first two of the quarter-final matches head on as they tackled the shortish par-four 12th which , for a few minutes , became a monster and odd routes were used to reach the green . |
| 2 | She led a losing diamond from dummy , on which she discarded the winning heart from the closed hand , and West was forced to ruff and concede the last two tricks . |
| 3 | HAVING completed the first two legs of their Caribbean tour , the South Africans , who arrived here yesterday on what is the least volatile island on their itinerary , feel the political success of their visit is already guaranteed . |
| 4 | This week he records the first two programmes for his 21st series of TV 's Record Breakers . |
| 5 | On a day that much expensive talent short-changed a dull derby scarred by offside , Strachan made the first two for Leeds and earned an ‘ assist ’ for the third . |
| 6 | We are using the first two forms ( No 1581 and No 1650 ) despite this , but the third form ( No 1655 ) is completely unusable and we are having to reorder . |
| 7 | Given the last two terms , the government had over a hundred majority , a by-election was n't important . |
| 8 | While the book charted his passage through Chicago , New York and finally Los Angeles , it largely skips the first two circles of hell . |
| 9 | * The aim of the review that constitutes the next two major sections of this chapter is largely methodological . |
| 10 | HAND PUPPETS made to look like mature Californian condors are being used by biologists at the San Diego wild animal park to nurse the first two Californian condor chicks born in captivity through the early weeks of life . |
| 11 | She read the first two pages and felt a blush rise from her palpitating bosom up her neck to suffuse her face . |
| 12 | It was problematic for those institutions committed to ‘ concurrent ’ teacher education , where a Diploma might mean devoting the first two years to ‘ academic study ’ without related professional work and school experience . |
| 13 | Yet the appeal of crusading was , if anything , even stronger to those aristocratic houses just below the level of the princely : it was , after all , the house of Boulogne which produced the first two rulers of Jerusalem . |
| 14 | ‘ We got the first two ! |
| 15 | It is very important for you to attend the last two or three lectures of the course . |
| 16 | If he wins the next two legs , today and tomorrow , his total prize money as overall Grade A champion will only amount to £970 — but he will have the opportunity to compete at Wembley for the rest of the week . |
| 17 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 18 | He was the reigning world champion and he 'd won the first two races of the season . |
| 19 | Former Olympic XC skiier , Croasdale is the man in form having won the first two rounds of the British championship breaking course records in the process , and clocking a useful 63–47 for the half marathon in York . |
| 20 | Palacio has won the last two , but I doubt whether he has much ambition left to extend McMillan past the eighth round . |
| 21 | Reid has won the last two Ulster rounds in the series at Temple and the Mid-Antrim 150 while James Courtney sneaked in to take the round at Dundalk . |
| 22 | 21–7 Between 200 and 300 Glasgow Fair visitors were brought by the steamer " Islay " and more were expected the next two days . |
| 23 | Pete 's starting to sing kind of mumbling the first two lines and all of a sudden she goes on christmas day . |
| 24 | The man known as El Matador by his rivals , for his uncompromising attacking style behind the wheel , had won only three previous World Championship events this year , but those have included the last two rallies , Catalonia two weeks ago and now the RAC . |
| 25 | The move to school-led INSET , in Leeds as elsewhere , has the potential to meet the first two of these requirements , but not necessarily the third . |
| 26 | It is advisable when planning the leave year to exclude the last two weeks to permit " mopping up " of outstanding leave entitlement arising through sickness or staff joining during the latter part of the year . |
| 27 | Goldney garden , which appears to have developed to the whims and fancies of the women in the family , has the first two characteristics but not the last . |
| 28 | With signs the recession is ending the next two months will show whether the Leicester lights help or hinder shopkeepers . |
| 29 | I had enjoyed the last two months greatly but the journey , though arduous , had involved no real danger . |
| 30 | I have n't enjoyed the last two years down there , but erm as I say , let's stick our necks out and say ‘ United are going to win down at the County ground ’ . |