Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forensic experts believe he shot his son in the head and was then spattered with blood firing a second bullet point blank into 14-year-old Adam . |
| 2 | I spent my last months at the Transport Department preparing a third Transport Bill whose aim was to reform the traffic laws and to introduce the ‘ points ’ system for disqualification . |
| 3 | Only two out of 15 well-known media pundits , whose outspoken role in the campaign Bush has ridiculed , have staked their reputation on the President winning a second term . |
| 4 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 5 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 6 | He smiled at her again later when she was up at the bar ordering a second round for her and Natasha , as he and his friends were standing further along the bar . |
| 7 | Neil Scott put Eppleton further in front early in the second half with John hall scoring a last minute consolation goal for Roker . |
| 8 | Another defeat , this time by Wigan , was the 13th of the season at Feethams , with Bury scoring a second half winner to finish the away programme on a sad note the 16th on tour . |
| 9 | Joe Ropati scored a final try for Warrington , with Turner adding a sixth goal . |
| 10 | East won with the king and returned a second club to dummy 's king , with South discarding a second diamond from hand . |
| 11 | In division four , St. Phillips ( Tony Johnson ) beat New Adlam 2-1 with Mark Ellis scoring an 86th minute winner . |
| 12 | He says he had no idea that Surrey had received two warnings in 1990 and 1991 until the summons arrived from the TCCB citing a third instance , against Leicestershire last month , and referring to the two previous offences . |
| 13 | The week I was there the Stornoway Gazette had a page three article celebrating a fourth contract for the firm that would mean 120 jobs . |
| 14 | Malone took immediate control on a mud bath pitch , Richard Cullen kicking a fourth minute penalty . |
| 15 | So , a text containing a first person narrative by a narrator involved in the story claiming things about the world by indirect inferences would probably be found more to the left of the network than a text told in the third person by an omniscient narrator directly asserting claims about the world . |
| 16 | Planet X 's supporters point to three ephemeris difficulties suggesting a tenth planet : the Uranus observations can not all be made to fit , and the residuals show systematic trends ; a few known sightings of Neptune before its identity was established are difficult or impossible to fit ; and predictions of Neptune 's orbit have tended to be inaccurate . |
| 17 | This involves the court ordering a third party who owes your debtor money to pay that money into court instead of to your debtor . |
| 18 | HUNDREDS were last night facing a second night away from their homes as the true cost of the North Wales flood disaster emerged . |
| 19 | When you reach a signpost saying White Creek and Arnside , cross the broken wall , turn left and soon you emerge onto a grassy clearing giving a first class view onto the sands — and no wood ants ! |
| 20 | This was on the basis of continued strong earnings growth throughout the recession , with Wolters Kluwer achieving a first half jump of 39% in after-tax earnings and forecasting a 20% rise for the whole of 1992 , and Elsevier predicting a rise of 16% for the full year . |
| 21 | Moreover , the average service station in the US seems to have no trouble operating a third tier of pricing which offers an even more generous discount for self-service . |
| 22 | But Wigan had the final say when Betts strolled through three tackles from 20 yards out to score , with Kiwi Frano Botica adding a third goal . |
| 23 | After arriving only 20 minutes before kick-off due to heavy traffic , Warrington were caught cold and trailed 2-0 after just eight minutes , with Great Harwood adding a third goal before the interval . |
| 24 | Now come and meet Heather ; she 's in the dining-room having a last word with the catering people . ’ |
| 25 | Teaching heritage languages during the school day ‘ will guarantee second-class status to any student attending a third language school , ’ wrote trustee Michael Walker . |
| 26 | WITH a meaningless tournament offering a first prize of $2 million , tennis finally made the grade as a cuckoo 's nest this week . |
| 27 | Presently two more children joined her , then a man holding a third child by the hand and another in his arms . |
| 28 | And that , crucially , depends on the Government winning a fourth term of office . |
| 29 | She had hoped for the opportunity of a quiet word with Iris , of trying to smooth her ruffled feelings before the day 's work , but to her surprise and annoyance she found Rose Kettle at their table and Brigitte laying a third place , while Dora , stony-faced , was sitting alone in the farthest corner . |
| 30 | The new 0662 family is a line of 1.0Gb 1″ high , 3.5″ disk drives claimed to be the first anywhere to store 1Gb in a 1″ high unit using a second generation magneto-resistive head for areal density of 354M-bytes per square inch . |