Example sentences of "he [verb] a [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spell of what Parrott described as ‘ the best snooker I 've played this season ’ enabled him to take a 6-2 interval lead which he then increased to 8-2 before Taylor showed his renowned tenacity by winning the next four frames . |
| 2 | Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) . |
| 3 | Spectacular French star Jean-Philippe Ruggia waited until February before he got a 500 GP ride for ‘ 91 . |
| 4 | He got two week ones then he got a four week one . |
| 5 | Eric Cantona went as close as anyone when he tried a 40 yard lob which sailed over the goalkeeper 's head only to hit the bar and bounce into the grateful arms of Dmitri Kharine . |
| 6 | He caught a six pound bluebottle ! |
| 7 | Ungers plays with conceptions of order that have seemed irrefutable since Galileo and Newton : he created a 1:1 replica of the ceiling of Sophia Ungers ' gallery on the floor — neon strip lights , fixtures , and the capitals of the columns — everything was stood on its head . |
| 8 | Conspicuously active since his election six commons speeches , 60 questions , two surgeries a week he defends a 1,975 majority against the same two major party candidates . |
| 9 | He needs a fifteen-hundred word article by eight-thirty at the latest . |
| 10 | He starts a four year physiotherapy course at the Ulster University , Jordanstown later this year . |
| 11 | In so doing , he avenged a 16–13 defeat by Parrott at Preston a year ago and prevented the 28-year-old Liverpudlian from knocking Hendry off the top of the world rankings . |
| 12 | He received a six month jail sentence for this , his third conviction … |
| 13 | The SEC used the RICO sanctions as a lever to force Milken to plead guilty to six counts of securities fraud ( for which he received a 10 year prison sentence ) , pay $200m in criminal fines and penalties , and deposit $400m into a fund for injured investors . |
| 14 | Parrott revelled in his good fortune both on and off the table as he scored a 5–3 victory over Thai-phoon James Wattana . |
| 15 | He secured a forty kilo sandbag , used as ballast , into the rear seat and was seen to check every part of the machine . |
| 16 | He overturned a 2–5 deficit to go 6–5 in front and served for the match at 8–7 . |
| 17 | In June 1986 he unveiled a five year development programme for the occupied territories , proposing to spend $1,200 million , which depended upon funding from Jordan 's Western friends , particularly the United States and the European Community , and was focused on the development of the rural and commercial sectors , the two areas deemed least supportive of the PLO . |
| 18 | When you think then he paid a thousand pound for a betamax one . |
| 19 | He had been lightly campaigned as a two-year-old but had shown himself a three-year-old of the highest class by his two facile Goodwood victories , and he started a 7–4 chance at Doncaster . |
| 20 | He fished a three metre pole rig with bloodworm at the rear of Hanley Park . |
| 21 | Shandon Park 's Philip Purdy turned in a storming display to demolish Hugh O'Neill by 5 and 4 finishing with an eagle 3 at the 14th hole where he steered a three iron to 12 feet and rolled the putt . |
| 22 | Wattana had beaten Parrott in four major events this season and he seemed a good bet to improve this record when he established a 2–0 lead . |
| 23 | AN ambulance boss saved the life of a choking baby when her parents raced into his control room as he handled a 999 call . |
| 24 | AN ambulance boss saved the life of a choking baby at his desk when her parents raced into his control room as he handled a 999 call . |
| 25 | TITLE HOLDER John Parrott fired the fastest century break so far — taking just five minutes and 15 seconds for a 103 clearance — as he took a 6–2 lead in his UK Championship quarter-final with Ireland 's Joe Swail . |
| 26 | He took a ten shilling note from his trouser pocket and gave it to Gloria . |
| 27 | He owns a 16,000 acre estate in Mexico , a mansion in Surrey and homes in London , Paris and New York . |
| 28 | ‘ How is this going to reconcile with that ? ’ he asks a 17 year old , pointing to the two figures she is working on . |
| 29 | Saturday lunchtime was the only time Selwyn visited the pub , owing to the fact that he kept a fifteen gallon cask of cider in his garden shed . |
| 30 | went through and he put a two pile that down , another on er bonnet and it was all planned out and it was all , these stacker trucks went in |