Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] their [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After drawing their first two matches , the team won the next four games to claim third spot in the Stone and District Cricket League — just 11 points adrift of the leaders . |
| 2 | Although Crewe are reluctant to sell , Hignett now seems certain to follow in the footsteps of Platt , Rob Jones and Geoff Thomas , who all moved on to win international honours after launching their first team careers at Gresty Road . |
| 3 | Members of the 69th Doncaster Pack relax after holding their first Coffee Evening . |
| 4 | Football news now … and after losing their last four matches , Swindon Town are opting for a more defensive policy in tonight 's home game against Tranmere Rovers . |
| 5 | Cross Keys face a two-week playing ban after having their fifth player sent off this season . |
| 6 | THE Teesside Union are joint leaders of the Yorkshire InterUnion League championship after recording their third successive win when they defeated Bradford Union at West Bowling on Sunday . |
| 7 | After winning their first four League matches , they had a run of four defeats and one draw — mainly because of a string of injuries to top players , including on-loan former Welsh union star , David Bishop . |
| 8 | Keegan takes a 17-man squad to Bristol Rovers as his high-fliers bid to justify new promotion odds of 3-1 after winning their last six League games . |
| 9 | Rivals Tennis World Middlesbrough move up into second position — one above Ilkley — after earning their first win of the season against Topspin Darlington . |
| 10 | The organization reached the conclusion after monitoring their last known wintering site in Morocco . |
| 11 | Australia , who had set Sri Lanka 522 to win after declaring their second innings at 513 for five , appeared to be coasting home when they took three wickets before lunch to reduce the touring side to 208 for six . |
| 12 | Samantha laughed at this pretentious way of describing their last meal . |
| 13 | Many look upon them as an opportunity to put training into practice , or as a means of getting their first introduction to the tasks that will face them should they be posted to Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | General complaints are made by blacksmiths , wheelwrights , collar-makers and indeed of all trades that are much dependant on agriculture of the great difficulties of getting their last years bill paid … . |
| 15 | After working seven days a week for three years , the lease on the premises in London expired and Bill and Kath decided to take the really big gamble of buying their first factory on the Manor Trading Estate at South Benfleet , moving there in 1960 . |
| 16 | County are in danger of suffering their second relegation in successive seasons , and Pavis said : ‘ People have been writing to me asking when I 'm going to sack the manager . ’ |
| 17 | DAGENHAM and Redbridge went within an ace of upsetting their Second Division neighbours Orient in the FA Cup , eventually going down 5–4 after twice leading by a two-goal margin . |
| 18 | Loretto , despite losing their first match to George Watson 's , 3-19 , have good wins over King 's , Tynemouth , 24-0 , and Glenalmond , 24-0 , to their credit . |
| 19 | With Nigel Clough withdrawn into a defensive position , Forest looked more solid at the back — even though they conceded a 12th minute Rod Wallace goal that gave Leeds fleeting hope of registering their first away win for almost 12 months . |
| 20 | While the ladies who lunch get on with planning their next murders , it seems that the reputation of dorothy L.Sayers is alive and well , and safe in their hands . |
| 21 | JAPAN 'S young women , like their sisters in other rich countries before them , are now marrying later , putting off having their first child longer and then choosing to have fewer children in all . |
| 22 | Australia were painstakingly slow in building their second innings total , opener Mark Taylor taking four hours and 11 minutes to score 42 . |
| 23 | THE pound had another tense day , struggling to hold its own on the exchanges as investors waited nervously for weekend opinion polls before deciding their next move . |
| 24 | Ipswich , working their moves across the penalty area with great confidence , created chances for Dozzell , Kiwomya and Thompson before scoring their first after 53 minutes . |
| 25 | The polymer layer could probably be engineered to prevent only bacteria known to cause decay from getting their first foothold on the teeth . |
| 26 | Then Furlong was just wide with a shot-on-the-turn from 12 yards and Coventry 's supporters were justified in expecting their first win in five games — and only the third of Don Howe 's reign . |
| 27 | Perinatal statistics were equally lamentable : out of every 1,000 live births in 1840 , 154 infants died before attaining their first year . |
| 28 | Moreover , many of the more able pupils were leaking out of the system : even of the most able 10 per cent , two out of five had left before attaining their sixteenth birthday . |
| 29 | DEFENDING Britannic Assurance County Champions Essex were saved by the rain from losing their second match in a row in the defence of their title at The Oval yesterday . |
| 30 | The Course is committed to producing complete , moderated assessments at the end of each module in order that students have full information on their progress before commencing their next set of modules . |