Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the differences between the two sides remained too great for there to be any substantial agreement upon the outlined proposals , the Prime Ministers agreed to proceed with the second round of scheduled discussions in Pyongyang ( North Korea ) on Oct. 16-19 . |
| 2 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 3 | She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water . |
| 4 | They took the lead courtesy of Trevor Smith 's sixth goal of the season but were pegged back by an equaliser from Johnny Jameson who failed to appear for the second half . |
| 5 | Alec Monk , formerly international advertising controller at Nestlé , refused to approve any commercial in which the brand name failed to appear in the first seven or eight seconds , and in which it was not repeated several times . |
| 6 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 7 | I do n't really want to comment on the last issue really , I think we 've probably said enough on that , er the the issue of the effect on West Yorkshire . |
| 8 | Because Miguel , in the same incident , has been bitten but not seriously injured , Sarah tries to save him by cutting off his infected arm with a machete — an effect that failed to work with the first model , until an assistant of Savini 's used a spare rubber arm with the cut prefilled with wax . |
| 9 | Nothing I say hereafter is intended to relate to the second decision . |
| 10 | I do n't want to jump into the first movie that 's offered to me . |
| 11 | Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time . |
| 12 | Already people who cancelled in January and February are back in our shops booking to go within the next two or three weeks . |
| 13 | The volume of business with overseas customers improved in the fourth quarter of 1991 and the recovery is expected to continue into the first quarter of this year . |
| 14 | CUMMINS Engine , the U.S. diesel engine maker with a plant in Darlington , claims it should be returning to profit in the first quarter of this year . |
| 15 | In university and polytechnic libraries the advanced instruction has to wait until the second and third years of undergraduate courses , because it is at these stages that the students work on sometimes quite specialized projects . |
| 16 | To do that operation , you are expected to wait until the first of the month to start planning the month . |
| 17 | He needs to leap into the next league . |
| 18 | He is free to sample the delights of the city but is forbidden to pass through the third gate of ruby and gold into the Inner Seas . |
| 19 | Oh , just one little notice I do have that erm several of us are going on Thursday to the , on the trip to Docklands by the erm erm Rotary Club of Sawbridgeworth erm I 'm told that there are still one or two odd seats if anybody wants to come at the last minute er , he does n't anticipate he 's going to erm fill them so even if , late Wednesday night you suddenly find you are available , by all means , contact and I 'm sure it can be arranged . |
| 20 | In the long term , Britain has to come into the next century with a partnership in Europe . |
| 21 | Four more applications were received yesterday and the total of 15 is expected to increase over the next day or two . |
| 22 | Therefore the only rational strategy for either of us to play on the 100th round will be DEFECT , and we can each assume that the other player will work that out and be fully resolved to defect on the last round . |
| 23 | It may be thought unwise to present a young a artist in repertoire as familiar and well-recorded as this , but one only needs to listen to the first minute of track one , the F major Sonata , to realise that Haefliger is in complete command and has something unique to offer , namely youthful energy , dash and charisma . |
| 24 | What I want to explore in the next chapter , then , is the question of the cultural boundaries between different subjects . |
| 25 | We want to hear about the last visit you made to the hairdressers . |
| 26 | Unless those eight masked High Masters were sufficiently confident in their associates to try to journey to the next galaxy and back — in some incredible megaship — to take advantage of time-compression ! |
| 27 | I want to play in the first competition match and then make sure of my place in the NSW team . |
| 28 | of the value of the scholarship and not bother to apply in the first place , but the major scholarship was worth at its maximum a hundred and fifty pounds |
| 29 | The welcome feature about SuperCalc 5.5 's Fast Graphing facility is that when you include text that you want to use as the first and second titles and as the graph legend in the range you highlight , they will automatically be added to the chart that results when you click on the icon GPH . |
| 30 | Agree what the patient has to do before the next session |