Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In doing these two things , they tear up the third and fourth commandments of the Christian faith ( Exodus 20:7,8 ) . |
| 2 | But after 74 miles , they were all together as they charged up the last climb to the finishing line . |
| 3 | With each of them individually playing Herbert Thunder , they act out the first part of the story : Herbert finds a lonely spot for himself , and there he cries himself to sleep . |
| 4 | As they drove out the next funeral cortège was coming up the drive . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect they came back the next day , or the next week ? ’ |
| 6 | And they came back the next day to build shelters for the Feast of Tabernacles , in obedience to the law 's commands . |
| 7 | They turned up the next street . |
| 8 | Steve breathed , impressed , as they trundled up the last stretch of drive after the gates had clanked shut behind them . |
| 9 | They walked down the first flight of stairs in silence . |
| 10 | They set up the first important theatre in Prague in the Clementinum with the Czech language as its medium . |
| 11 | They knocked out the next emplacement , but then came to one of those house-like ack-ack towers . |
| 12 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 13 | You 'll be surprised how quickly they lower over the next few days . |
| 14 | The Ruffians ' ( 4th XI ) season drew to a close on Saturday when they took on the third team 's opposition at Aldershot . |
| 15 | We get people on the programme singing and dancing so badly it 's painful , but they come back the next week and tell us that everyone 's stopping them in the streets to congratulate them , not slag them off . ’ |
| 16 | Showing that their displays are appropriate for all types of buildings they picked up the third prize for their display at the Marriott Hotel also in Dyce . |
| 17 | Come on , come on , he thought , and pictured the three of them plummeting down the last thirty feet into the basement . |