Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following " rejectionist " groups boycotted the 19th PNC session : Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command ( PFLP — GC — Ahmed Jabril l . ) ; |
| 2 | As the Owls entered the last 25 minutes , they needed just one goal to square the tie — and they looked perfectly capable of getting it . |
| 3 | Liverpool SC and Renegades shared the first leg spoils at 6–6 , and it was all square again in the second leg , which means it now goes to a three frame play-off at a date to be decided by the committee . |
| 4 | Opposition parties boycotted the first day of the budget session of the Lok Sabha on Feb. 21 , and two state governors were replaced earlier in the month , in connection with the decision to impose president 's rule in Tamil Nadu in late January [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 5 | The Maronite Christian parties boycotted the third round , as they had the previous two rounds . |
| 6 | Her eyes scanned the first page quickly , taking in the expected account of how Ellen had looked after Oreste as her own , but when she came to the reasons why he had not been handed over to Gigia , Wilson slowed down and even repeated the words to herself . |
| 7 | The pictures drew the first of many comparisons with Brigitte Bardot . |
| 8 | Other subjects used the first part of the show included the Dart Valley railway , the Red Arrows and computer graphics . |
| 9 | During the following two months came the first reports of Baghdad 's retaliation at the frontier town of Halabjah , in PUK territory , where aircraft were said to have dropped bombs containing poison gas . |
| 10 | As foreseen under the peace agreement , officials of the two parties began the first meeting of their Joint Political and Military Commission , together with Soviet , US and Portuguese representatives , in Luanda on June 17 . |
| 11 | His locomotive designs included the first British heavy freight 2–8–0 types in 1903 , the Pacific 4–6–2 express type in 1908 , and the first general purpose 2–6–0 type in 1911 . |
| 12 | So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi . |
| 13 | Waggler and caster fished alongside the weed bed tempted tench skimmers and roach , but as Darlington rods took the next three places , Bob 's best efforts failed to secure the team victory . |
| 14 | In 1966 , British post offices issued the first special Christmas stamps . |
| 15 | At least the Scots had the last word . |
| 16 | It does seem however , from the evidence of the Australian National University concerning the Gogo lungfish , that a complicated scenario arose where other techniques of air-breathing occurred accidentally , and that air-sac creatures invaded freshwater habitats while the diaphragm-breathers became the first land inhabitants . |
| 17 | In a hectic sidecar race British crews filled the first three places with Kevin Webster winning from Kieron Kavanagh and David Hoskin . |
| 18 | Three British crews filled the first three places in the sidecar race . |
| 19 | In a hectic sidecar race British crews filled the first three places with Kevin Webster winning from Kieron Kavanagh and David Hoskin . |
| 20 | Three British crews filled the first three places in the sidecar race . |
| 21 | A few dogs barked as the invading cavalrymen captured the first Dutch villages unopposed . |
| 22 | Small flocks coming in from all directions joined the first arrivals until many thousands were stretched out in long parallel black lines . |
| 23 | Rovers dominated the first half as Atkins hit a 25-yard drive narrowly wide , Cook blocked another from Atkins and Sellars curled a shot wide of Stowell onto the far post . |
| 24 | Enough countries signed the first lot to bring the fund into existence ; but most are now waiting for America 's signature before agreeing to enlargement of it . |
| 25 | Both countries lost the second world war . |
| 26 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 27 | The All Blacks lost the first game against the World XV and then won the second easily — a non-contest , rather , as Olivier Roumat was sent off and the World XV backs had a no-tackling policy . |
| 28 | More than 800 delegates from socialist and social democratic parties in 132 countries attended the 19th congress of the Socialist International ( SI ) held in Berlin on Sept. 15-17 . |
| 29 | An estimated 11,000 delegates from 123 countries attended the eighth international conference on AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ) in Amsterdam on July 19-24 [ for seventh AIDS conference see p. 38315 ] . |
| 30 | A steady stream of visitors attended the second Crime Prevention Day organised by Sedgefield Village Crime Prevention Panel in conjunction with the police in Sedgefield Parish Hall on Saturday . |