Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Moon tapped the penalty and tapped again when Cardiff failed to retreat 10 yards .
2 Moon tapped the penalty and tapped again when Cardiff failed to retreat 10 yards .
3 The UN relief authorities planned to use five aircraft to transport 10,000 tonnes of food a month .
4 He said the US authorities planned to allocate 50,000 places to refugees from the Soviet Union in the next 12 months .
5 In 1987 AMV invested in McBain Noel-Johnson , a design and advertising agency which Baulk helped found 20 years ago .
6 Piaget 's sentence completion study involved asking seven-to nine-year-olds to write completions for each of the following written sentence fragments :
7 CW reported spending 2 days per week on user support in February and March , and stressed need for action .
8 These charities were originally administered by the Church or trustees appointed by the old vestry meetings , but with the Local Government Act of 1894 , they passed into the hands of the new parish councils , or such as still existed , for in 1893 , we find the local vicar complaining that most of the charities were dead and buried , and that Thomas Towers promised to give twenty shillings each Christmas Day , very kind of him no doubt , but unfortunately he left no provision for anybody to give it after he was dead , so that in his case he and benefaction are both dead and buried .
9 The hearing revealed that Raybestos proposed to dump 400 lbs .
10 The Jerusalem that Richard tried to capture 700 years ago is proof of that .
11 The data analysed represented 65 developments from 54 companies in the four countries .
12 By the time Durkheim came to write Two Laws of Penal Evolu-tion , he had modified his theory about the decline in importance of the conscience collective ( a phrase he ceased to use ) and had come to believe that collective sentiments were a crucial factor in any society .
13 winner Rover Group Impressive number of new cars unveiled includes 200 coupe ( above ) and Metro cabrio ( below )
14 Towards the end of the month the United States air force began shipping 120 tonnes of food from military stocks left in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf war .
15 Even if antibody concentrations began to decline 4–6 weeks after vaccination with IPV , the high titres achieved initially would be likely to persist throughout much of the period of maximum risk of paralytic poliomyelitis , which in most developing countries occurs between 6 and 18 months of age .
16 TWO fishermen were rescued by the crew of another vessel yesterday as their boat began sinking five miles off Aberdeen .
17 Cash boost needed to repair Three Peaks Path
18 After GCE was published , the four authors decided to write two grammars based on the approach of GCE .
19 Pat managed to get 147 tapes and 100 books plus lots of magazines through customs in a miraculous way .
20 rather ordinary infill GREW to encompass 24 villages , 2416 dwellings and three contract loads !
21 It was the day after Marie went missing four years ago .
22 The A four one three in Buckinghamshire at Dunton turn between Winslow and Whitchurch did see two mile tailbacks earlier on this afternoon , at that was Aylesbury-bound due to the accident involving a car on fire .
23 Interestingly , as we went to press , Intel stock had spiked 15 points in three days , some of it on the strength of a strong buy recommendation from Merrill Lynch , whose analysis underscored the strong demand for Pentiums .
24 Ian Branfoot 's side had collected 73 bookings and six sendings off before the match .
25 Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders .
26 Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders .
27 At 3.30 in the afternoon the visiting American side had won one match , were ahead in eight others and seemed to have the famous golden chalice in the big bag .
28 Hick had to wait 48 hours to chalk up the final six runs to complete the milestone after reaching 82 not out on Thursday .
29 The terrified 13-year-old ran screaming 50 yards along the road after the accident yesterday before he was caught by passers-by , who smothered the flames .
30 ‘ Well done ! ’ called Rose after Dora had sunk six putts in a row .
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