Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who tend to see the eighteenth century as above all " the Age of Wesley " usually bring a good deal of retrospectivity to their view of the rise of Methodism over a period at the end of which Methodists were still not especially numerous in the nation as a whole . |
| 2 | One drawback of the Masters for married men , who want to see the last putt in , is that it requires them to creep to bed as if they were returning from a night club . |
| 3 | She says it 's hard work having to think of other ways of getting around — having always to take into consideration the bus timetables — I ca n't arrange to meet friends unless there 's a bus at that time and coming home — leaving the pubs — I have to drink up quickly if I want to catch the last bus home . |
| 4 | If I told you I want to install the first tube of the bridge next March or thereabouts , what 'd you say ? ’ |
| 5 | On a personal note , may I say that when I want to hear the Fourth Symphony for pleasure , which is relatively speaking often , I turn not to Munch or Dutoit but to an old tape I have from 1954 of the much underrated Albert Wolff conducting the Swedish Radio Orchestra . |
| 6 | Auto-repeat recalls the last programme used . |
| 7 | Instead , they want to waste the next decade poring over the details of economic and monetary union rather than dealing with the real issues confronting Europe . |
| 8 | Langbaurgh is still a key marginal and if the Tories want to form the next Government , it 's seat like these they need to win and to win well . |
| 9 | This time we want to make the 1st division . |
| 10 | If you want to skip the first quest in The Legend of Zelda on the NES , you can go straight on to the second one by entering Zelda as your name on the initial screen . |
| 11 | And if there were n't enough Mansoori boys of the right age for Mansoori girls then the answer was either spinsterhood or a long wait to become the second wife of an older man . |
| 12 | Governors at Gillbrook School in South Bank hope to become the first grant maintained school in the North-East . |
| 13 | I usually put my ribber carriage against the garter bar as this helps to keep it in its slightly precarious position while I finish knitting the first side . |
| 14 | Midland Air Museum at Coventry have produced a limited edition ( 500 ) print to mark the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Gloster E28/39 — a lovely watercolour by Ken Aitken . |
| 15 | But here the Common Law Courts manage to get the last word ; for they acquired the power , in the fifteenth century , to decide whether the writ is good or not , and if not , the fact that the plaintiff has got the writ will not help him . |
| 16 | I realize I am too awake to fall back asleep but I manage to make the fourth minute take longer than the previous three to count out , or finally |
| 17 | The three Shepherds wake to find the fourth Shepherd , Mak , lying still beside them . |
| 18 | This program is only a playable demo , which means you only get to play the first level . |
| 19 | I felt I had to I When I went to school m my father could n't afford very much and erm I remember starting the first term of first day of the term with shoes with a big split in it . |
| 20 | I remember watching the last episode on your predecessor ATV when it was repeated in 1976 and the announcer talked of people calling in with various theories about what it was all supposed to mean . |
| 21 | so that I could actually enjoy it more this time because it 's in , so much of a blur when you get married the first time that you 're caught up with it and you do n't really see what happens , I would like to get married all over again . |
| 22 | On Friday , Sept 13 , Seb Grieve made the first ascent of the outstanding rib right of Dangerous Crocodile Snoggin at Ramshaw . |
| 23 | Despite this broad formulation , the courts still continue to use the second limb of the formula , that a requirement of the Act has not been complied with . |
| 24 | It is obviously to the husband 's advantage in such circumstances to seek to persuade the first mortgagee to offer the wife a further advance of sufficient amount to repay the second charge . |
| 25 | So try knitting the last row from the opposite side to your normal way and have another try . |
| 26 | Politicians , however , were quite capable of making any assistance look somewhat larger than life and thus attempt to reap the last ounce of voter gratitude for their services . |
| 27 | Southampton v Manchester C Howard Kendall watches from the stand as his new charges attempt to resist the First Division 's most prolific attack . |
| 28 | I keep remembering the last night we were here — same hotel and all — and how Matt and I went out and got stinko-paralytico together and ended up doing the Zorba dance and got thrown out and Matt pointing at me and saying to the waiters Hey do n't you recognize Mista Rick from Parkway Peninsula and they did n't and made us pay for the plates . |
| 29 | The announcement on the morning of 22 November of Mrs Thatcher 's decision to resign came as a dramatic surprise to the public because , up to that point , all the outward signs had been that she intended to stick to her initial resolve to contest the second ballot . |
| 30 | Cutter crews based in the north usually see Fair Isle as a faint blur through misty rain or flying spray , or in darkness and fog as a characteristic shape on the radar screen as they try to beat the next gale to Shetland , or conversely , back to Orkney . |