Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] their [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a growing proportion of an ageing population lived on into their eighties or even nineties , the disparity between their life chances and those of the able-bodied employed became more and more apparent . |
| 2 | Music began with the beating of a tabor and the whistle of pipes , and then the servers began trooping in in their dozens with great platters of heaped food and jugs of ale . |
| 3 | Miss Sergeant , 26 , obtained an injunction to keep Redmond away from her and she moved out with their three children to stay with relatives , said Robert Atherton , prosecuting . |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers verses Swindon Town.Now all it needs is for the Swindon players to hold their nerve and hold on to their two goal advantage . |
| 5 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
| 6 | Billy looked annoyed and was about to say something when Knocker came back with their two pints of cider , looking more like tea cups in his massive fists . |
| 7 | She plunged into the crowds , who had turned out in their thousands to greet her , as though she had been doing it all her life . |
| 8 | The ‘ Blanco script ’ — with its romance , riddles and emotion — captured the imagination of the public who turned up in their thousands to bid him farewell in his first and last Championship final . |
| 9 | another Central South success story this year has been the form of Gloucestershire racing trainer David Nicholson … yesterday he opened his new stables at Ford for the very first time and racing folk turned up in their thousands |
| 10 | Might have been more restful than running round like a lunatic stuffing pâté de foie gras into the undeserving old ghouls who turned up in their dozens today . ’ |
| 11 | In Wales , the crowds turned out in their thousands to greet their new Princess , and they were not disappointed |
| 12 | The Italians lost in the league on Sunday but they 're still confident of progressing to the quarter finals of the Cup winners ' cup by holding on to their one goal advantage . |
| 13 | From the internationally known names — such as press secretary Marlin Fitzwater — to anonymous civil servants , they will be packing their bags and moving on in their hundreds . |
| 14 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 15 | produced one of the shock wins of the competition when they hung on to their 6–3 lead to beat side who are two leagues Selby 's seniors . |
| 16 | Australia soaked the pressure , punished Ireland 's handling blunders and scampered out of their 22 at will to score tries that numbed the huge crowd . |
| 17 | They ride … they race … they watch for fun … and they roll up in their thousands … the South Midlands Area Hunt Club got the new season underway at Heythrop near Chipping Norton with a bumper card of 158 horses and 11 races … |
| 18 | The brothers dutifully responded to the May-Day request and immediately set out in their 36 foot launch to search for the bevvied buccaneer . |
| 19 | Wednesday had David Hirst sent off in their 3–1 UEFA Cup reverse in Kaiserslautern a fortnight ago and manager Trevor Francis said : ‘ We felt unjustly treated after the first game , but tonight it was very fair and they deserved to go through . |
| 20 | Manchester United fail to win the Championship for 25 years in a row , but attract the biggest crowds of all ; Everton supporters turn up in their thousands week after week , ignoring the better , winning team that plays a matter of yards away ; the absence of Gascoigne and Lineker will not deter the Tottenham faithful . |
| 21 | The brackets must end up with their two oblique edges absolutely square , and each bracket must be identical . |
| 22 | Two countries , until the will of the people decided we 'd had enough and they went out in their hundreds of thousands and pulled the Wall down . |
| 23 | Life just has not provided them with a partner and so they wander on through their thirties and forties , still living alone and gradually accepting the situation . |
| 24 | Mansell is 39 — but top drivers carry on into their 50's in the 16-race Indy series that , oddly , kicks off in Surfer 's Paradise , Australia . |
| 25 | Some participants on EA have requested that they carry on after their 12 months course finishes , only to be told they ca n't as that might be using this to avoid looking for full time employment . |
| 26 | In previous eras Ireland could depend upon longevity of service from its best players ; Mike Gibson , Syd Millar , Tom Kiernan , Willie-John McBride , Fergus Slattery all battled on into their mid-thirties . |
| 27 | There are really three lochs rather than one , almost separate , but joined by narrows , and after a wild winter , when the snows begin to melt , these narrows become rivers in their own right , with ice-cold waters pounding through on their three-and-a-half mile journey to the sea . |
| 28 | In a competition renowned for its ferocity , where even forwards can be burned out in their twenties , a 35-year-old winger is most unusual . |