Example sentences of "and [vb base] the [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Attach six around the roof at equal intervals and place the seventh in the centre at the top . |
2 | At Great Bedwyn we stop for welcome break and cheer the first of the singles through . |
3 | Put both ribber levers to holding position and knit the first of the three circular rows with the ribber needles in hold position . |
4 | The shielding protects you — though you still need to do some fancy flying to stay stable within the radioactive thermals — then as the cloud dissipates you cut out and down , across the mountains — they look tiny ! — swoop across the closed valley , loose the missile when the base 's defence radar picks you up and use the last of your fuel to escape over the far side while the missile takes out the base . |
5 | Named the Black Hawks , the team will fly five of the L39s in the airshow routine and use the sixth as a spare . |
6 | And worse , we had recently found it necessary to replace two of the three giggling girls who had sadly fallen victim to the Spanish flu epidemic , and sack the third for incompetence . |
7 | She would be able to give up her job as secretary in the medical physics department at Larksoken Power Station and start the first of the two children she had planned . |