Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] their [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 he took over the captaincy from Fletcher and led them to their third championship in four years , but early in 1987 he suffered a bad loss of form and the team slipped right down the table . |
| 2 | monitor current prescriptions to make sure that children are not using them for their first experiments with drugs . |
| 3 | The old retainer who had received them on their first visit tried to help but Cranston pushed him gently away , saying it was a holiday and besides he was here at Sir Richard 's request to pursue his inquiries privately . |
| 4 | Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew |
| 5 | Molly congratulated the 16 successful candidates at this year 's examination , presented certificates to those who were present and welcomed them to their first training day as qualified teachers . |
| 6 | The scrutineers will proceed to add the number of first preference votes received by each candidate , eliminate the candidate with the lowest number of first preference votes and redistribute the votes of those giving him as their first preference amongst the two remaining candidates in accordance with their second preference . |
| 7 | It is in the field of assessment that the new arrangements are likely to pose the most difficulties for teachers and distract them from their first task of finding their way into ‘ the very queer and tortuous passages of children 's minds ’ . |
| 8 | The Scots went into the game requiring just a draw to take the title , but there was no stopping them in their fifth successive victory , by 5-2 . |
| 9 | After settling the children into their hotel , the team took them on their first visit — to Disney 's Magic Kingdom , a giant playground of spectacular rides . |
| 10 | Wiser writers , like Frank Ronan , leave them for their third or fourth . |
| 11 | When the wind dropped an occasional rumble in the distance reminded them of their first taste of war 's excitements . |
| 12 | As ‘ London Transport ’ fleet name transfers did not become available until May 1934 , it is probable that they did not receive them until their next annual overhaul . |
| 13 | That reminded her of their last argument . |
| 14 | Only Spurs have beaten them in their last nine visits to the capital . |
| 15 | Originally , the plan was to return them to their last known home , on Pitchfork Ranch near the little town of Meeteetsee , Wyoming . |
| 16 | Not that the Irish manager , Noel Murphy , has too many doubts : ‘ If only the Irish selectors had chosen him for their second game instead of bringing him in halfway through the campaign , he would be inked in by now . ’ |
| 17 | It would , he had informed her at their first meeting , be mostly a matter of watching and listening for the moment . |
| 18 | Should the Conservatives fail to bring it about , the Labour Party would certainly incorporate it in their next election manifesto . |