Example sentences of "managed [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By avoiding moguls and offpiste , I managed to enjoy two full weeks of skiing with the assurance that my knee would n't give way when I put my weight on it . |
| 2 | Overall , NAV managed to spot 1,860 infected files out of 3,105 or 60 per cent . |
| 3 | ‘ In spite of that , we still managed to bowl 128 overs in the day . ’ |
| 4 | THE Norwich Union County Championship yesterday returned to Yorkshire after an eight-year gap , but Buckinghamshire will be wondering how they managed to lose 1–2 at St Albans . |
| 5 | But with competitors still excluded from sales to households and other small-scale customers , BG last year managed to attract 290,000 new customers . |
| 6 | Despite continuing fighting , UN teams managed to repair one power line and one water pipe to the city , where utility supplies have been sporadic at best for months . |
| 7 | I er managed to find thousand Pounds from here and there and borrowing from each other and thousand Pounds was given immorally to me . |
| 8 | Despite the fact that only three weeks were available between his first viewing of the premises and the date for submission of offers , Russell Mills managed to find five collaborators , and their tender succeeded in competition against bids from office developers , engineering firms and an art college . |
| 9 | Ten former ministers managed to amass 27 such positions between them . |
| 10 | But he managed to catch one of Blanche 's flying feet and as she fell her skull caught a glancing blow from a table . |
| 11 | Imre Pozsgay 's Reform Alliance managed to secure 14 seats on the new presidium , while Reszo Nyers , the moderate president re-elected last night by an 80 per cent majority , won the 11 remaining seats on the party 's top body . |
| 12 | I also managed to obtain ten more young tank-bred H . |
| 13 | I was pleased to hear that you managed to obtain ten sets of the papers and confirm that both Neil and Geoffrey Sinclair already have a set . |
| 14 | Jordan managed to destroy eight aircraft , but Fraser was forced to abandon his attack . |
| 15 | Despite their small numbers , the Trotskyists managed to create two organizations in 1937 to work within the Labour Party as they had done within the ILP . |
| 16 | → I ca n't believe that you managed to wave two grand under the noses of retailers in this country without response , JR . |
| 17 | The dealer managed to sell 10,000 shares in Hard Rock Cafe which were in fact to rise in value as he intimated . |
| 18 | There , James Miller took charge of the rostrum and managed to sell ninety-eight lots for a total of £913,280 ( $1.4 million ) , with another eighty-six lots failing to attract sufficient bids . |
| 19 | Eventually she managed to pick three blooms . |
| 20 | Despite the pain she managed to walk fifty yards with a broken leg to get help . |
| 21 | The victim managed to walk three miles down the road before he was found by police . |
| 22 | The Democratic Party won nine of 35 seats in Bangkok ( where it had won only one seat in March ) capturing eight from Palang Dharma , which still managed to win 23 seats in the city . |
| 23 | Under the system of proportional representation used in the 1986 election , his party managed to win 35 parliamentary seats with just under 10 per cent of the vote . |
| 24 | So , apart from building tennis and squash courts , he managed to fit five holes of golf into a part of the school grounds and encouraged the boys to have a go . |
| 25 | The company managed to retain 50 per cent of the key managers and technical specialists . |
| 26 | But the building boys managed to draw 2:2 in reply on April 21 doing an Oldham and redeeming themselves in one of the last games of the season . |
| 27 | The game was excellent — the only problem being we just managed to draw 3–3 — ahh well those were the days ( NOT ! ) . |
| 28 | Two of these halves on a turtle design erm er the door had two halves but they managed to put one part like that , cut |
| 29 | Barry waited to hear the car drive off before he shuffled to a desk , pulled a telephone to the floor and managed to dial 999 with his hands behind his back . |
| 30 | Even though he was gagged , Mr Glenn managed to dial 999 and the call was traced by police back to the brasserie . |