Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |
| 2 | ‘ In the early Fifties , we all started setting up Resistance networks again , all over Europe , when it looked as if the Soviets were going to come west on the next train : , The Air Force was particularly interested : escape routes for aircrew and so on . |
| 3 | A presidential candidate could win election on the first round only by gaining an absolute majority of the votes cast by at least one-quarter of registered voters ; otherwise the election would be decided by a second-round run-off between the two candidates with most votes . |
| 4 | The participants had decided to walk 20km on each of the first two days and finish by walking 10km on the last day . |
| 5 | The NZRFU can not really expect the Home Unions to agree to short tours when they place matches on the last two Saturdays of a tour , and put the tourists against top-strength sides at major venues on the two preceding Saturdays . |
| 6 | Working on three floors at once we decided to we needed to continue work on the seventh floor before moving up to the eighth and so on to the ninth by the information given us in the er we calculated that the men that were to get onto the programme by the end of the week calculated the production rate for various gangs to see how fast so that 's how it was looking . |
| 7 | We had a social evening at the Dog and Trumpet pub on the 3rd April . |
| 8 | Sir Bryan had made par on the first hole by sinking a long putt and his tail was up . |
| 9 | If it ‘ saw ’ a way to take a queen it would do so , even if the opponent could give mate on the next play . |
| 10 | ’ Tomlinson says decisions on the first hospitals to close should be made ‘ urgently ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ They played Ards on the first day of the season and wiped the floor with us in a 3–0 win . |
| 12 | He has just noticed they are serving coffee on the next floor up . |
| 13 | Joint borrowers enjoy protection on the first named party to the account , usually the main earner , but cover is available on both at additional cost — please ask your branch for details . |
| 14 | Now , already we 've had calls on the next story . |
| 15 | The campaign was dominated by the radical-conservative contest between Yeltsin and Ryzkhov and the questions of how many votes the Russian Communist Party could mobilize on Ryzhkov 's behalf and whether Yeltsin would secure enough votes to win election on the first round . |
| 16 | This is a split in two by the prominent crack of Scylla ( VS 4c ) — a fine , ever steepening line until a traverse left avoids the obvious direct finish ( E2 5c ) : one of only four lines on the crag to have used aid on the first ascent . |
| 17 | Lloyd George would propose fusion to his Liberal supporters , and Bonar Law would follow suit on the next day . |
| 18 | This is a voyage of discovery during which guests stay in selfcatering apartments on the 12th century Melazzano Estate , about a mile from ancient town of Greve in Chianti . |
| 19 | A heading entitled ‘ New Actions ’ includes information on the first European Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution . |
| 20 | The Martens government succeeded by early 1989 in winning parliamentary approval for the first two stages of a three-stage constitutional reform [ see p. 36774 ] , but by mid-1991 it had been unable to win agreement on the third stage . |
| 21 | The West of Scotland Goldfish Society is a new group six months old , holding meetings on the first Wednesday of each month . |
| 22 | The possibility of confusion is very great ; for just as Eleanor of Castile landed at Acre in 1270 , accompanying Edward on the seventh crusade , so Eleanor of Aquitaine had landed there 120 years before , accompanying her husband ( that is , her first , Louis VII of France ) on his crusade — which is presumably what Pound means by ‘ Acre , again ’ . |
| 23 | Thanks to the two teachers from S.W. London who served tea on the 27th June under considerable difficulties — a temperamental urn and lack of support from others in their area . |
| 24 | So , straight away , Terry Nation sat down at his typewriter and began work on the first phase of any TV writing project , the story idea . |
| 25 | Another famous event is the Car Rally ( Rally Vinho da Madeira ) which takes place on the first weekend in August . |
| 26 | With the rise-fall tone we find a similar situation : if the tonic syllable is followed by a single syllable in the tail , the ‘ rise ’ part of the tone takes place on the first ( tonic ) syllable and the ‘ fall ’ part is on the second . |
| 27 | The well-dressing was started in Dore in 1959 as an added attraction for the scout gala , which takes place on the second Saturday in July , so an obvious choice for the design was ‘ A Boy Scout ’ , representing fifty years of scouting in the district . |
| 28 | Those poor men had a lot of problems driving in the poles to carry the lines and were obliged to use explosives on the last stretch over my land because they came across solid rock . |
| 29 | Pauline Leyshon arrived to give evidence on the fifth day of the trial at Bristol Crown Court . |
| 30 | He followed birdies on the 13th and 14th with a 50-foot eagle putt at the 520-yard 15th . |