Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He later urged voters to support Lissouba in the second round and , according to sources close to the two parties , on Aug. 11 UPADS entered into a formal electoral alliance with the PCT . |
| 2 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 3 | The Democratic Convention also won the mayoralties of the important cities of Brasov , Constanta , Ploiesti , Sibiu and Arad ( having won Timisoara in the first round , with 64 per cent of votes ) . |
| 4 | What do you think of Karl Ludvigsen 's prediction that Fiat will buy Chrysler in the next decade ? |
| 5 | She found Helen in the last one of all , sitting on the floor with her head on her knees , crying as if she never intended to stop . |
| 6 | Bari punished Pompey in the second half when Caglianelli and Alessio struck twice in 40 seconds , with Capocchiano adding a late third . |
| 7 | In July 1990 , the then New Zealand Minister for Tourism and Disarmament and Arms Control , Fran Wilde , visited Fiji in the first direct contact between the two countries since the coups of 1987 . |
| 8 | The 24-year-old Bromborough plus one man moves in at the expense of Royal Liverpool 's Ian Farrall , who is the only one out of the team which beat Cumbria in the first league match at Seascale . |
| 9 | Wigan will meet Oldham in the semi-finals of the Greenalls Lancashire Cup if they beat Swinton in the second round next Tuesday . |
| 10 | Rangers streamed forward , and went close several times before the woodwork again came to Tottenham 's rescue , denying Sinton in the 16th minute . |
| 11 | Unpublished figures from Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) , Greenpeace says , indicate that 22,580 tons of toxic waste entered Britain in the first six months of this year . |
| 12 | I drew Lewis in the second round and came in second behind him . |
| 13 | Bates , who beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 3–6 6–3 7–5 in his first round match , can find comfort , too , in Wilkinson 's victory because he is due to meet Frana in the first round at Wimbledon . |
| 14 | Hateley , who virtually single-handedly beat Leeds in the last round , said : ‘ We could have been 4–0 down . |
| 15 | Mr Mubarak said he had accepted an invitation from President Bill Clinton to visit Washington in the first half of April . |
| 16 | Gaunt showed consistent loyalty to his father and , after 1377 , to his young nephew Richard II , but he lacked the charismatic authority of his father and eldest brother , and he was widely if unfairly blamed for the misfortunes that befell England in the last years of his father 's reign . |
| 17 | The reasons for Orchomenos ' special role were geographical : she controlled the northern plain and Thebes the southern ; and also historical : Mycenaean Orchomenos had counted for at least as much as Thebes , and Orchomenos still had pretensions to lead Boiotia in the eighth century . |
| 18 | Remember , they only missed out on meeting Copenhagen in the first round proper by 0.3 of a point . |
| 19 | The Queen , who is due to visit Balmoral in the next few weeks , was immediately informed of her mother 's condition . |
| 20 | Passing Baku in the 13th century , Marco Polo noted that the black oil burned well but was not good with food . |
| 21 | It was Mr Duggan 's vision that secured Eurovision in the first place for Millstreet , against the odds . |
| 22 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 23 | Immediately afterwards , during the first Test , Canterbury met ND in the first of two top-of-the-table clashes within a fortnight . |
| 24 | According to Noel Stock 's Life , Pound first met Binyon in the second week of February 1909 , and early in March he found ‘ intensely interesting ’ a lecture by Binyon on European and Oriental art , for which the lecturer had sent him a ticket . |
| 25 | Ive been reliably informed that we have drawn SUNDERLAND in the 2nd round of this years littlewoods cup . |
| 26 | ( William and Dorothy Wordsworth rented Racedown in the last years of the eighteenth century . ) |
| 27 | Now as England prepare to play Canada in the first ( non-World Cup ) international in the multi-coloured , all-singing and all-dancing strip ( with the natty little colour bit on the shorts ) — the first change since March 27th 1871 — let no-one say we did not mourn its passing . |
| 28 | Second seed Amanda Grunfeld , from Manchester , joined Durie in the last 16 with a 6–1 , 6–4 victory over Banbury 's Claire Spencer , while Devon 's third-seeded Sara Gomer , runner-up for the past three years , crushed Fulham 's Claire Spencer 6–4 , 6–2 . |
| 29 | The Royal Academy shows Calder in the first British show for thirty years |
| 30 | They argue that democratic theory needs to be adjusted to the realities of governing Britain in the twentieth century . |