Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It said it one of the guitar magazines I use my all the time before , before winding up for a gig , and all this sees for wrecking one of the guitars ! |
| 2 | The sheriff 's reply sounded clearly in the hushed corridor , impressing the assembled kids and seeming to confirm Grant 's claim to be part of an official police operation — if any needed convincing after seeing one of the feared Apostles being dragged unconscious into an empty cubicle . |
| 3 | Many of the current members joined up after catching one of the club 's many demonstrations , or parents came to the Royal Commonwealth Pool to see what their kids were actually up to — and stayed . |
| 4 | VICENTE Fernandez won the English Open at The Belfry after sinking one of the longest putts ever to win a golf title . |
| 5 | Gatting himself is hoping to force his way back into the England side before the season is over and so is Matthew Maynard , of Glamorgan , who had a productive season in New Zealand after averaging 60 in the championship last season . |
| 6 | Middlesbrough lost 3–2 after extra time to Dynamo Dresden after leading 2–0 in the final of a youth tournament in Austria . |
| 7 | They plunged to new depths at fellow strugglers Hull City , conceding four goals in a nightmare second half after leading 2–1 at the interval . |
| 8 | BALLYMENA opened their season by making the long trip to the Scottish Borders where they defeated Hawick after leading 13-0 at the interval . |
| 9 | To be honest , after paying 2.50 for the shareware disc and 10.00 for the registration fee you would save yourself money and disappointment if you went to your local bookshop and bought two books on sales techniques . |
| 10 | And after scoring four for the first time in a European game , he said : ‘ I 'm proud and privileged to break such a great player 's record . |
| 11 | There was a brief recovery with a 3–1 home win over Fulham , Ellison scoring with a superb chip for one of the goals , but McCarrison blotted his copybook by getting himself sent off for retaliation after scoring one of the goals . |
| 12 | Collins ignored the tiredness he felt after scoring one of the goals which defeated Rangers to accompany team-mate Tom Boyd to Scotland 's base at Dunkeld last night . |
| 13 | Oxford had a four goal mountain to climb against Tranmere after losing 5-1 in the first leg … what was improbable looked impossible by half-time with Rovers Kenny Irons giving his team a one goal lead … |
| 14 | Alan McManus also bowed out of the tournament after losing four of the last five frames to Jimmy White . |
| 15 | SOCIETY party organiser Lady Elizabeth Anson , a cousin of the Queen , has had to curb her lavish lifestyle after losing millions in the Lloyd 's insurance crash . |
| 16 | After losing 2–0 to the United States it will take the greatest resilience by both the Football Association and the England manager himself to defend his position now . |
| 17 | MARTINA NAVRATILOVA was forced to reconsider her Wimbledon preparations after suffering one of the most humiliating defeats of her career last night . |
| 18 | He was only apprehended after giving one of the detectives searching his home a hefty kick up the backside ! |
| 19 | The Indians have performed poorly on their tour of South Africa , where they lost the third Test after flopping 5-2 in the one-day series . |
| 20 | The general election of May 1982 was won by the United Workers ' Party ( UWP ) which was returned in the general elections of April 6 and April 30 , 1987 , after winning nine of the 17 parliamentary seats in both . |
| 21 | travelled Leeds for their 9–3 win after trailing 3–0 at the interval . |
| 22 | Fiji 's team was a second strength team but they were still too good , running away 22–10 victors over Australia Green after trailing 10–0 in the first half . |
| 23 | You take it for granted one of the maids will come in and tidy it for you . |
| 24 | There is even an echo of the testing time of his twelfth year in the fourth book in the sequence , The Betrayer , when he has to find a way of helping one of the Confederates , involved in a misguided conspiracy against the young Emperor , without being disloyal to his ruler . |
| 25 | Bending and brushing away overhanging thorn branches , I sidled through the water in vain hopes of seeing one of the otters that lived here , according to Mrs Knelle . |
| 26 | And in the process of unloading one of the bundles , it split open and the manager found the cannabis concealed inside it . |
| 27 | Let's be honest with ourselves ; I 'm a small but vital link in the business of producing one of the most important daily newspapers in the world . |
| 28 | This will help towards satisfying one of the main goals of the new strategy : to maintain American troops and interest in Europe . |
| 29 | They concluded that , especially in relation to fluvial processes , explanations that ignore the role of human activities run the risk of eliminating one of the most significant variables and perhaps an appropriate note on which to end this chapter is their affirmation that ( Graf , Trimble , Toy and Costa , 1980 , p. 281 ) : |
| 30 | PIETER Muller read the messages of hate , shrugged and got on with the job of becoming one of the best centres in the world . |