Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asda in Bedminster , Bristol , sold 60 extra cases of alcohol using the loophole last week . |
| 2 | In accepting the apology last night , Mr Baron said he considered the case closed . |
| 3 | Rudolf Seiters , the head of the Bonn Chancellery , announcing the move last night , said he expected that 11,000 East Germans currently in Prague would join the special trains heading west . |
| 4 | They need the cash to pay off debt and also ground improvements like seating the kop next summer . |
| 5 | Gordon Orchard , a 61-year-old former Coldstream guardsman , who admitted abducting the child last summer , had 50 previous convictions , including indecent assault and attempted rape , but was sentenced as if they did not exist . |
| 6 | On behalf of CPRW , I would like to thank you and John Harvey for putting so much into leading the course last Saturday . |
| 7 | It was a quieter dawn in Leominster , with morris men marking the pagan first day of summer on a hill outside the town . |
| 8 | Webs without stabilimenta are more delicate ; the spider tends to build at night and take the web down before dawn , recycling the silk next evening . |
| 9 | Glasgow , holding the title last year , was able to reinstate the importance of Scottish art , and celebrate its own special brand of design : Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the art of the Glasgow School at the turn of the century . |
| 10 | After breaking the ice last month he was desperately unlucky in an amateur riders ' race having to be switched in the final furlong after getting off on the rails . |
| 11 | Beginners often make the mistake of looking down when they are moving from one position to another , thus breaking the cardinal first rule of combat , which is never to take your eyes off your opponent . |
| 12 | THE family of Paul Sheldon , the student murdered in Edinburgh a fortnight ago , have asked mourners attending the funeral next week to wear bright colours if they wish . |
| 13 | Our programme of seminars continues , with recent events designed for centres currently piloting the first batch of general SVQs , and those interested in joining the pilot next session . |
| 14 | This takes both flour mills in the to BS 5750 standard , achieving the approval last year . |
| 15 | The Cheetahs supported by Fox F M , are facing the indignity of finishing bottom of the British League after winning the championship last year . |
| 16 | Waringstown are disappointed at being back on the road in the Schweppes , having played four out of five matches away when winning the trophy last summer . |
| 17 | These Year 8 pupils from Lakers School in the Forest of Dean will be studying the play next year . |
| 18 | Leeds fans will tell you it was the arrival of Eric Cantona at Elland Road which proved the decisive factor in them lifting the title last season . |
| 19 | Region 's image is First Class NORTHUMBRIA Tourist Board , which wants to promote a more upmarket image for the region , has adopted a new logo carrying the slogan First Class . |
| 20 | Mr Justice Latham , adjourning the trial last Wednesday until yesterday , told the jury the new evidence could be of great significance . |
| 21 | Mr Justice Latham , adjourning the trial last Wednesday until yesterday , told the jury the fresh evidence could be of great significance . |
| 22 | Barring a change of heart by Col Gaddafi , there seems no chance of avoiding the imposition next Wednesday of sanctions that would cut all air links and ban arms sales . |
| 23 | as it with a view to actually altering the course next time . |
| 24 | Some are accused of bombing the airport last August and many face the death penalty . |
| 25 | Taligent Inc , the Apple Computer Inc-IBM Corp joint venture that is busy turning Apple 's Pink object-oriented operating environment into a fully-fledged product , is well ahead of schedule in the development effort and now expects to start shipping the thing next year rather than in 1995 , the Wall Street Journal reports . |
| 26 | I remember watching the cricket last year |
| 27 | He is also leaving the army next month and will settle in the Stirling area . |
| 28 | It was no good the Prime Minister telling the Bangladeshis last week that the making and administration of the laws of this country is our own business . |
| 29 | Was the Prime Minister telling the truth last Tuesday or last April ? |
| 30 | After destroying the nepeta last year , our cat has now discovered the pleasures of our actinidia . |