Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until they got within a hundred yards , |
| 2 | Scotland , on the other hand , open the World Cup against Costa Rica in Genoa — shades of Dortmund in 1974 when they sauntered to a 2-0 win over Zaire and did not realise that this was the game to build up a healthy balance of goals . |
| 3 | There was n't any hope of treasure , they knew that ; and all they salvaged after a hundred and seventy five years were a few copper nails from the frigate 's hull and a couple of cannon . |
| 4 | Earlier however Kelburne looked as though they were going to walk all over the young Aberdonians when they raced into a 2-0 advantage from scores by David McKay and Michael Starling but a goal by Philip Webster just before half time gave the northerners a timely boost . |
| 5 | St Mary 's had notched up three points before the Westerners could reply and , at times playing inspired football , they raced into a 0–6 0–3 lead . |
| 6 | But Newtown 's mopping up efforts paid dividends when they raced to a seven wicket victory in 21 overs , Gwilym Lewis leading the charge with an unbeaten half-century and skipper Bryan Jones hitting 22 . |
| 7 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 8 | Hudd was Frocester 's best bowler with three for thirty six … from their forty overs Kington made 191 for 6 … it was anybody 's game … you 'd have possibly put money on the Gloucestershire side as they raced to a 143 for three … but leg spinner Clive Scott took three wickets for just ten runs and Frocester were all out for 189 on the very last ball … victory to Kington by two runs … |
| 9 | They stormed into a 2-0 lead with goals from Frank Rijkaard and Marco Simone . |
| 10 | GREAT BRITAIN women paid the price for failing to capitalise on scoring chances when they slumped to a 2-1 defeat against the United States at Old Dominian , Virginia , on Sunday . |
| 11 | On Friday Ireland were whitewashed 5-0 by England and , on Saturday , they slumped to a 4-2 defeat against Scotland which left them needing to beat Wales yesterday to avoid bottom place . |
| 12 | Saunders , playing his final match for Liverpool before his £2.3m move to Aston Villa , clashed with Elliott in the 10th minute as they went for a 50-50 ball . |
| 13 | They went into a 21–0 lead after only seven ends and won 29–10 . |
| 14 | And talk they did in a 23 minute live broadcast telephone interview from LA to Scotland . |
| 15 | They appeared about a hundred million years ago . |
| 16 | At 8.30am yesterday they departed for a one hour , speed endurance training session , completed before the temperature began its climb to 30 C. |
| 17 | They had about a dozen horse-drawn cabs and two hearses . |
| 18 | They had over a hundred shops in in Edinburgh . |
| 19 | They ended with a 5–3 losing record , going down to New Zealand in the two tests ( finishing with a 59–6 humiliation in the second ) and ending with a lop-sided scoring record of 287 points ( 50 tries ) against and only 153 ( 21 tries ) for . |