Example sentences of "[noun] at the [num ord] attempt " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a marvellous feat if the 22-year-old swimming pool attendant from Wakefield was to supercede Hare at the first attempt . |
| 2 | Sole contender to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt in a huge pile-up in 1967 , the moderate , blinkered Foinavon held on to his unexpected lead all the way to the winning post , seven lonely fences later , to beat Honey End with Red Alligator , who won it next year , third . |
| 3 | Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt . |
| 4 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |
| 5 | Edna enlarged upon how well Karen had done at college , how , although she was the youngest in her family , she was always being called upon whenever she was at home to help out with other people 's children , how she had passed her driving test at the first attempt . |
| 6 | GRAN Dot Ransom , former mayoress of Warwick , has passed her driving test at the first attempt — at the age of 70 . |
| 7 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
| 8 | It was clear that the Government were not able to get their legislation right at the first attempt . |
| 9 | But , within 60 seconds , the visitors opened the scoring when former International , Niall Sturrock , beat Larmour at the second attempt with a well placed lob after a poor clearance by Nicky Blease had produced the initial chance . |
| 10 | The England striker , Tina Cullen , continued her excellent form when she was released by Maggie Souyave and beat goalkeeper Sue Knight at the second attempt in the 53rd minute to send the match into penalties . |
| 11 | Biggerstaff 's Metro 6R4 suffered a puncture on his first run but even a courageous charge at the second attempt could n't displace Woodside at the top of the list . |
| 12 | ‘ I had my only run of the day at approximately 11 am and after setting the hooks I had a slow , dogged fight for about five minutes before netting the fish at the second attempt , ’ said Dave . |
| 13 | Failure to find the right concept at the first attempt simply leads to a second attempt and a third attempt . |
| 14 | Even a world title at the first attempt . |
| 15 | Beaten 6–3 , 6–3 in their previous encounter , 6ft 5ins tall Ainley , a former Hampshire County choice , avenged himself with a superb display to take the title at the fourth attempt with a 6–2 , 6–1 win . |
| 16 | Burning Point , from Sir Mark Prescott 's Newmarket stable , can get off the mark at the fourth attempt in the opening Parliament Maiden Stakes . |
| 17 | Hewett , who gave a very difficult chance to Briggs , who ran from cover point , fell to a wonderful catch at mid-on by Mold , who held the ball at the second attempt . |
| 18 | Three minutes later Simpson ran on to a back pass , he got his foot to the ball just before Gosney , he collided with the goal keeper , but full marks the goal keeper , he grabbed the ball at the second attempt , and once again , the chance had gone . |
| 19 | There was an anxious moment in the first half when he caught the ball at the third attempt , but overall he was sound . |
| 20 | Gerry Perks , Welsh Seniors ' golf champion at the sixth attempt Picture : GERALLT LLEWELYN |
| 21 | The referee however waved play on as McConnell at the second attempt saved Byrne 's poorly hit shot . |
| 22 | Then McCaughan saved well from Mulholland before McKeeman flicked Portrush 's equaliser over the keeper at the second attempt . |
| 23 | If one manages to find the simplest method at the first attempt that can mostly be attributed to good luck . |
| 24 | Asking both men and women how many times they took the driving test before getting through , the researchers found that men had a significantly higher success rate , with 57 per cent passing at the first attempt . |
| 25 | Academically , he did reasonably well , picking up three ‘ O ’ levels at the first attempt , then adding three more plus two ‘ A ’ levels before leaving school to take up a trainee manager 's position at Fine Fare supermarkets , continuing his studies on a day-release business studies course . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Sunderland were yesterday faced with a Monday night FA Cup trek to Chelsea if they overcome West Ham at the second attempt and reach the quarter-finals . |
| 27 | ARTHUR Cox 's £7 million Derby side picked up their first point of the season at the fourth attempt on Saturday . |
| 28 | Ferguson salvaged at least a point from another tough assignment , the first of the season at the third attempt . |
| 29 | But his first job is to assemble a side before attempting to win promotion at the first attempt . |
| 30 | Gary Mills volley was saved by Czech Pavel Srnicek at the second attempt . |