Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Alliance of Small Island States , which includes Cyprus , Malta , the Caribbean islands , Maldives , Seychelles , and many Pacific territories , fear that they may become the first victims of global warming . |
| 2 | Instead he tossed and turned , hoping Girth the bricklayer 's son had delivered his message to Sir John Cranston indicating where they should meet the next day . |
| 3 | A quarter of non-executives believed they should have the last word on mergers ( 10% of chief executives agreed ) and a fifth ( compared with 3% of the bosses ) thought they should approve major borrowings and loans . |
| 4 | But the project belonged ultimately to the pupils and they should have the last words . |
| 5 | And that 's the case they 're not gon na mo , they 'll take the next twelve months to put er a free run in there for twelve months . |
| 6 | They 'll spend the next week battling with each other to see who is the champion student debater . |
| 7 | They 'll spend the next few days sorting through that information . |
| 8 | Then they 'll kill the first passenger . ’ |
| 9 | They might say the second of the three sentences as : ‘ Bary , you 're barvellous . |
| 10 | So that they could miss the last one ? |
| 11 | United had four cleared off the line … hit the bar twice but it took a hand ball and a penalty from Jim Magilton to get them back into the game … with ten minutes to go the Manor was celebrating an equaliser from Joey Beauchamp and surely they could see the second division side off … but after extra time it was still two all and now down to penalties … the crunch came when Chrissy Allen 's kick was saved … and Swansea 's Keith Walker scored to make it five four to the second division side on penalties … |
| 12 | So this group of fifteen here that 's your five pound between you and then we 'll go onto the second group of fifteen people and they could have the second five pound and the third and the fourth and so on . |
| 13 | Alborne seemed content to sit on their eight-goal lead but , when four Whaddon players left the pitch with ten minutes to go so they could catch the last bus , it was too good an opportunity to miss , and Alborne finally ran out winners by eleven goals to nil . |
| 14 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |
| 15 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 16 | McDonald 's Corporation said yesterday they would become the ninth sponsor of the 1994 World Cup in the United States . |
| 17 | They will lease the first team pitch and clubhouse back from the buyers next season and expect to move to new premises in 1993 . |
| 18 | If the new arrangements are adequately funded and properly implemented , they will comprise the first major government initiative to foster care at home rather than in institutions . |
| 19 | They will sing the first Sega single , Super Sonic . |
| 20 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 21 | If work groups meet every day ( as many do ) , they will represent the second most cohesive group in most people 's lives — second only to the family . |
| 22 | Monaco despatched a scout to trail him at Bournemouth the following week , and they will use the next couple of days to decide whether to gamble on bringing Lambert to Europe 's gambling capital . |
| 23 | They will find the next letter in this word easier . |
| 24 | They will share the first prize of £500 , receive a framed copy of the Direct Banking logo and be invited to spend the day with the unit . |
| 25 | The bullets may bounce off the sides of the slits or go plumb through the middle , so that we can not be certain of exactly where they will hit the second screen . |
| 26 | Then they will kill the first passenger . ’ |
| 27 | Their desire to leave farming will simply be increased and they will seize the first opportunity to move . |
| 28 | ‘ Either they can back the Union or they can take the first , irrevocable step towards separation , ’ he said at the party 's morning press briefing . |