Example sentences of "[vb past] [num] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second wicket , like the first , produced 109 runs and he made 85 of them off 77 balls . |
| 2 | Ontario Homes sold 120 homes and closed 81 homes , as well as some significant land sales , to achieve a 7 per cent return on its assets . |
| 3 | In 1805 he collected in the Faeroes and in the following year he was commissioned by the Danish government to collect in Greenland , where he passed eight summers and seven winters . |
| 4 | On Nov. 6 insurgents had also bombed the Caño Limón-Covenas oil pipeline in the Norte de Santander department and attacked 12 banks and two police stations in Bogotá , the capital . |
| 5 | ‘ We have visited Hawkesbury Junction twice now , once in November when we caught 256 zander and in December we removed just 14 . |
| 6 | Their 1836 catalogue listed 67 species and varieties of oak , 29 of birch , 91 of crataegus , 180 of willow , and 1,549 roses . |
| 7 | A reported 174 passengers and crew were killed , including the Army Chief of Staff , Maj. Lieuw Yen Tai and the Air Force commander , Maj. Eddie Djoe . |
| 8 | Garner 's , which won permission to develop the site in 1985 , built 22 bungalows and planned to develop the rest of the site in the same way . |
| 9 | In 101 matches for the Tudor Rose county James caught 174 batsmen and stumped 45 . |
| 10 | Although for many days the ship was becalmed and progress was slow , if at all , some days the vessel logged 12 knots and made good progress . |
| 11 | The reductions , which involved 30,000 Army and 10,000 Air Force personnel , were announced in anticipation of an East-West agreement on reducing conventional forces in Europe under the auspices of the current Vienna negotiations on conventional forces in Europe ( CFE ) . |
| 12 | Murphy ( 1982 ) reviewed 100 cases and concluded that depression among older people had similar causes as for younger people and was focused upon major life events such as bereavement . |
| 13 | After an attempt to silence him failed , John Buckingham , bishop of Lincoln [ q.v. under Bokyngham ] , in May 1382 ordered the investigation of sixteen articles brought by three friars ; in July Swinderby abjured six heresies and five errors . |
| 14 | There were also the ‘ Popoffkas ’ , two circular Russian battleships that weighed 2,490 tons and went precisely nowhere . |
| 15 | It weighed 10 cwt and stood 5 ft 7 in high on its plinth . |
| 16 | She landed on the grass and bounced three times and finally came to rest . |
| 17 | Three minutes later he brilliantly beat three men and found John Van ‘ t Schip , whose low shot was deflected away by the desperate boot of Jeff Hopkins . |
| 18 | In 1970 BMW built 161,000 cars and , despite always healthy rivalry , was not in Mercedes ' league . |
| 19 | By the time she was 10 , she weighed 11 stone and wore a special tunic at school because she could n't get a uniform big enough to fit her . |
| 20 | Inspectors visited 17 schools and in some of the seven primaries found that parental contributions could double the capitation allowance given by a local education authority . |
| 21 | It listed 58 accidents and safety-related incidents since 1955 . |
| 22 | As reported by Draeger , the area-wide traffic restraint project there involved 17 towns and was aimed at improving road safety in residential areas , raising the quality of living , reducing noise and providing more space for pedestrians and for children 's play . |
| 23 | Anyway , er I fell pregnant into the bargain , at the e end of the pregnancy weighed fourteen stone and purposely started smoking again |
| 24 | On the on the You There was only the was only er three quarter of an inch out of centre sort of thing you know , but the shaft weighed ten tonne and you have this huge and it just l revolved of course and and the whole lot revolved under this cap . |
| 25 | The oldest surviving example is the Pons Fabricius ( Ponte Fabrizio ) built 62–21 B.C. and spanning half of the river from the main bank to the Isola Tiberina , near the Theatre of Marcellus . |
| 26 | The march , the first ever organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ( NICRA ) , involved 2,500 protesters and was peaceful from start to finish . |
| 27 | A multi-million pound industry in its own right , it cost 3 guitars and a drum kit to commence business . |
| 28 | In response to the pills question , one pupil found that 50 pills weighed 1 g and then added lots of 50 pills until 250 was reached . |
| 29 | In another broadcast on Jan. 13 he disclosed the names of nine men , eight of whom he said had been arrested , and a magistrate on Jan. 19 formally charged five soldiers and four officers including Col. Guillermo Alfredo Benavides , director of a military school , in connection with the murders . |
| 30 | He moved one hand and tilted her face . |