Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun sg] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court dismissed their appeal at first instance but they appealed ( see MS Fashions Ltd and Others v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA [ 1992 ] , The Times , 23 June ) . |
| 2 | Usually they have few opportunities to check that their instructions are being pursued and almost none to supervise their execution at first hand . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , an improved second half performance will bolster their confidence for next week 's Division 2 crunch game against Ballymena . |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers .... 3 Leyton Orient ...... 0 TRANMERE ROVERS , who in recent years have survived a threat of extinction as well as only just preserving League membership , reinforced their position as Third Division leaders by overcoming Leyton Orient , thereby stretching the margin to four points . |
| 5 | The force with which the judges made their case for Second Empire can be explained by assuming that they felt that if they did not strongly press for this form of building , another , and less welcome style in their eyes , would be adopted . |
| 6 | By seeing their work at first hand , they 're hoping he 'll be convinced of the need for more officers . |
| 7 | In view of the harsh treatment of the victims of mental illness in hospitals like Bedlam , where members of the public or the acting profession could study their behaviour at first hand , it is not surprising that no striking instances of writers proclaiming themselves mad by writing about their own affliction have come to light in this period . |
| 8 | Not everyone accepts the ‘ received knowledge ’ that TNCs are good at training managers , and that these managers spread their know-how throughout Third World host societies . |
| 9 | Reaffirmed their decision of 3rd November that the decision on this issue should be left to a free vote , preferably on the Report stage of the Bill in the House of Commons ; and agreed that Ministers who dissented from the advice which was to be tendered in accordance with Conclusion above should be free , if they so desired , to vote for the abolition of the death penalty , though they should refrain from expressing in debate views contrary to that advice ; … |
| 10 | The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats , Jim Wallace , and Mr Salmond both pointedly reaffirmed their support for last year 's democracy declaration which called for the reconvening of the Scottish parliament . |
| 11 | MARSEILLE , the Manchester United of French football — except that they won their championship last year — have moved in advance of next summer 's World Cup marketplace to strengthen their team for next season . |
| 12 | BRISTOL ROVERS began their fight for First Division survival yesterday by signing QPR 's Andy Tillson and Gary Waddock for nearly £500,000 . |
| 13 | Let herself go a bit — ye get that with women whose men are giving them a hard time , and who hav'na found a way of getting their retaliation in first . ’ |
| 14 | Consumed by that monstrous need , it had entered their hiding-place at last . |
| 15 | Leaders South Wales Police remain top despite their 28–16 defeat at Abertillery , but Aberavon strengthened their hand in second place with a 31–15 win over Cross Keys . |
| 16 | Under the Labour plans , property owners who wished to convert their house to second home status would need to secure planning permission first from the local council . |
| 17 | The social worker regularly assigned to the case seemed to call when most of the children were at school , so he was unable to judge their progress at first hand . |
| 18 | The former Darlington manager who played for Aston Villa and England is set to take a team to promotion for the third successive season as long as his Leicester team keep their nerve in next Saturday 's crucial last game at home to Newcastle . |
| 19 | Just two points separate the top five clubs in the Premier league with leaders Hibs emerging with no major fitness worries from yesterday 's match as they turn their attention to next Sunday 's league Cup final with Rangers . |
| 20 | Two long-running conversion programmes reached their conclusion at last . |
| 21 | In Wales , the Premier League gets under way with Whitchurch hoping to repeat their success of last season . |
| 22 | - Housing allocation policies have no place for men once a family has broken up , so hostels for the homeless become their place of first and last resort . |
| 23 | Yorkshire are determined to avenge their defeat in last season 's final at Twickenham , and are hoping Atkins ' clubmate Guy Easterby , making his county debut at scrum half , will rise to the occasion in front of a 14,000 capacity crowd . |
| 24 | This simple account of cattle-raiding followed by an expedition to punish the thieves explains the situation on frontiers all over the world , and of course these punitive expeditions ( which sometimes took the form of pre-emptive strikes by people who wanted to get their retaliation in first ) were carried out without consulting any central government . |
| 25 | Blue Ridge base … on a small patch of land owned by a member of the miners ' union , 40,000 people have called to offer their solidarity since last spring . |
| 26 | Louise , supervisor in the customer service department at International Paints in Canada , and Bob backflipped their way to first prize in a rock , n , roll dance competition in Montreal . |
| 27 | Both Labour and the Tories have strengthened their position since last week . |
| 28 | United could miss out again following their slip to 10th after four games without scoring . |
| 29 | A Swansea visit to Twickenham would once have been a highlight of Harlequins ' season but an almost-empty HQ will be an eerie sort of place this afternoon and we may rest assured that the Quins players already have their attention on next Saturday 's First Division visit to Bedford . |
| 30 | Besiktas lost out on the Turkish title on goal difference and want the Israeli striker to boost their squad for next season 's bid for honours in Europe and at home . |