Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] the [num ord] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fourth frame of their third-round match , Wattana was on course for a maximum but missed the 12th black with the rest after potting the first 12 reds and 11 blacks . |
| 2 | After describing the first three , involving speech , reading and writing , the fourth aim was described as being : ‘ to teach pupils about language , so that they achieve a working knowledge of its structure and of the variety of ways in which meaning is made , so that they have a vocabulary for discussing it , so that they can use it with greater awareness , and because it is interesting . ’ |
| 3 | Their rhythm was temporarily upset when Boone and Prenn changed sides after losing the first three games and Boone served from 8–8 in the fourth game to 5–0 in the fifth . |
| 4 | Second seed Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain claimed a place in the semi-finals when Natalia Zvereva of Belarus retired through illness after losing the first three games in eight minutes . |
| 5 | After giving the first five breaths into the child 's mouth , or if the child is small , mouth and nose , go on to C for circulation . |
| 6 | As we sat in the ATV canteen after recording the first eight episodes of The Power Game , he said : ‘ Think of all the fame stored up in those rolls of tape . |
| 7 | In his famous ‘ Minuet in G ’ Beethoven introduces a third sentence ( after repeating the first two ) which seems to belong to a different world , yet is perfectly apt : On the other hand , often a ‘ contrasting section ’ is made from existing material , creating a feeling of newness and freshness despite the apparent repetition . |
| 8 | One , after watching the first two films , was hunched at the end of a row , asleep and snoring . |
| 9 | Teenage full back Phil Hardy looks almost certain to regain his left back spot after missing the last 11 games because of a foot operation , with utility man Wayne Phillips reverting to a more familiar midfield role . |
| 10 | But Michael Thomas could be back after missing the last two games with a twisted ankle . |
| 11 | Defender Kenny Goodrick could return to face his old club after missing the last three games because of injury , but striker Chris Pickford is doubtful . |
| 12 | He knew that after shooting the second eight foot fall we would be free-falling thirty-feet onto a sloping rock shelf covered with a six inch sheet of tonnes and tonnes of the River Tees rushing over it every second ; hopefully ( if we hit it at the correct angle ) we would follow this shoot a further twenty five feet into the plunge pool at the bottom of the fall . |
| 13 | Pete 's starting to sing kind of mumbling the first two lines and all of a sudden she goes on christmas day . |
| 14 | Thus , the most useful way of analysing the first two precedents is to compare the provisions in each of them which relate to the same contractual issues and consider the two different approaches . |
| 15 | I suggested that he might think of removing the last three syllables from his name , which he did by deed poll . |
| 16 | Holland 's Richard Krajicek lost his chance of reaching the last four when he slipped 6–4 , 6–3 to Ivanisevic . |
| 17 | It is like running the first 100 metres like Carl Lewis , getting into gear but pushing really hard for the whole race as you go along . |
| 18 | Yet somehow , unaccountably , I find myself 16 behind needing the last three colours to even the match . |
| 19 | But I 've never had a sponsor and all that cash went back into financing the next three years . ’ |
| 20 | But for recording the last four EPs and the album , most of the guitar actually is this hired-in Gibson Les Paul Junior . |
| 21 | How much , can be gauged from seeing the first four entries under " D " in the index : dactylic foot , Daily Mail , Darwin , Charles , and deconstruction . |
| 22 | What we do know is that , particularly in the lower reaches of the rivers , they have suffered in the time that man has been around in Sussex , in say the last ten thousand years , very , very dramatic changes . |
| 23 | I had a further powerful incentive to learning the language , for SPG , the missionary society which supported me and thirty or more other missionaries in Burma , men and women , had a rule that no missionary could marry before passing the first two language examinations . |
| 24 | When I was an apprentice there were two component plants in Europe , and now there are seventeen , and I 've had a hand in establishing the last twelve . |
| 25 | I was involved in writing the first two drafts of the film , but by the sixth draft there were n't that many of my ideas left . |
| 26 | The combined Staines/Nine Elms team somehow managed to finish with a negative score , which earned them the title of ‘ most sporting team ’ , and saved head office teams from occupying the last two positions ! |
| 27 | Alas , defensive naiveties prevented the Vikings from reaching the last four . |
| 28 | On one occasion a New Bradwell man , having been unsuccessful in boarding the first two ‘ buses to Bradwell at lunch time , expostulated ‘ I 'll get a seat on the next one even if I have to stand up ’ needless to say he never lived that statement down . |
| 29 | Duffy won a black ball fight in the opener and took the second frame 62–40 before winning the next two easily with breaks of 35 and 57 in the third and 92 in the fourth . |
| 30 | The young Communist shop steward had no difficulty in obtaining the first two warning notes . |