Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were going to the home of opera , to listen to some Verdi , Puccini and Donizetti ; and to see at first hand the fine art and architecture that he had studied and only previously heard about or seen in books . |
| 2 | We ask the general assembly to remit to the assembly council to give attention to the placing of health and healing within the overall work of the church and to report to next year 's general assembly on where they think this remit should most effectively be discharged . |
| 3 | He seems barely able to recognize us and refers to last year 's campaign on Azrad as if it were yesterday . ’ |
| 4 | Weissman carried on courageously with a complex but fascinating lecture on RNA splicing , ignoring the loud hubbub and intermittent squawks from his own microphone , and pausing often to wait out an eruption of roars and whistles from next door . |
| 5 | I 'd put on a frilly pink dress and dance to next door 's rock music — they had it on super-loud , the walls shook . |
| 6 | He aims to have it debated and passed by next month . |
| 7 | Ipswich 's thoughts are currently concentrating on beating Wimbledon to make sure of the National League title and qualify for next season 's European clubs championship . |
| 8 | The selectors feel she has already earned her passage to Barcelona , having last summer finished second in the Europa Cup , ninth in the World Championships , and moved to fifth place in the world all-time 10,000 metres rankings . |
| 9 | Here is a man who strides about purposefully , hits the ball a long long way , and looks at first sight like a competitor capable of a certain bumptiousness . |
| 10 | Poor Owen Rowlands , the first-day leader , had slumped to a 76 and dropped to sixth place . |
| 11 | Cadbury has a ten per cent share by value of the European chocolate market , and lies in fifth place behind Nestlé , Mars , Suchard and Ferrero . |
| 12 | The Yorkshireman , riding Milton , had a disastrous second round , after a first round clear , and crashed to 14th place — just one place above his brother Michael . |
| 13 | The taxi driver pocketed the note and crashed into first gear . |
| 14 | ABOVE Simon Stern The Pan Book of Famous Quotations , cover illustration , commissioned by Jim Stanton , and exhibited at last year 's AOI Images show . |
| 15 | And according to next week 's edition of International Financing Review , a high powered scouting party was dispatched under the command of Willard Butcher , the chairman . |
| 16 | After the game it will be taken out and saved for next year in a natural setting . ’ |
| 17 | The conclusions , headed " SUBJECT : Definition of Russian Nationals " , were summarised in the form of an order , signed by Brig Low with distribution to all units and copied to Eighth Army , and we shall refer to this as the " 21 May Definition Order " . |
| 18 | Svend thanked her warmly and talked about next year ; she would see the exhibit then , and he would welcome any suggestions she had for its display . |
| 19 | PRIZE PAIR : Nigel with the borrowed gown and Brix at last year 's ceremony |
| 20 | Her assessment of me changed from one of total hostility to a slightly puzzled statement that my experience with these doctors , in her own words ‘ may prove , after all , not to have been a bad thing for this peculiar chap — half high principle and half unashamed pragmatism — to have been brought into personal dealings with this autocratic profession and to experience at first hand the kind of behaviour that has been driving Ministers of Health to despair for years ’ . |
| 21 | At a rally orchestrated by a housewife and inspired by last weekend 's IRA bombing in Warrington , a series of speakers echoed pleas for an end to more than two decades of terror . |
| 22 | I mean I said to him oh er what he 's really got to get really is a cooker erm cos I said to him , I , I said to him if you really want to try and move in next week then you have n't got another week 's money to pay for that , you know |
| 23 | ‘ We are now 11th and aiming for sixth place . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We would expect calendar year 1993 , based on the early performance and based on last year , to be a good solid year from a profit perspective , ’ Roach told the news wire . |
| 25 | Earnings per share in the period were five p but after taking into account exceptional Carpet Right gain this is reduced to two point eight p and compares to last year 's pro forma earnings per share of one point four million which included losses on the closing down of our operations . |
| 26 | Indignant denials were interrupted by the call-boy knocking sharply on the door and calling for Second Act beginners . |
| 27 | Luton 's loss FOOTBALL : Luton 's annual reports and accounts for last season yesterday showed they made a trading loss of £254,000 , which would have been nearly £1.6 million if they had not sold players . |
| 28 | In an initiative to be launched next month by tennis consultants Brian Hewitt Associates , in conjunction with the ITF and supported by a major sponsor , old tennis balls are to be collected at 2000 ball banks around the country and shipped to third world countries for additional and subsequent use . |
| 29 | The first race was off at two fifteen but on race day Cheltenham is up and running at first light . |
| 30 | In second place was G Messenger with a codling and a school bass for a total of 3lb 8oz and running into third place was K Messenger ( 10oz . ) |