Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [verb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laws committee required four additional sittings in London and Wellington to complete the first in-depth overhaul of rugby union 's laws for four years . |
| 2 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 3 | Major Bradley of the Bryn Tyrch Hotel in Capel Curig helped the local man to acquire the skills of protective ropework , and Evan spent the Second World War training the Commandos and the Lovat Scouts to climb . |
| 4 | But the effort proved too much to sustain and Reykjavik scored the next 13 points to put the issue beyond doubt . |
| 5 | In 1964 Norah and Jean started the first Surrey regional training course . |
| 6 | Meaby and Walker reached the 17th dormy two , but missed a short putt and slipped to dormy one . |
| 7 | The same thing happened in Holland and ATS gave the next three races a miss to try to fix the problems . |
| 8 | Following the opening of the Deviation in 1978 , the rebuilding of the old line between Tan y Grisiau and Blaenau became the next major goal for the Railway . |
| 9 | Tanturi and Ivy provided the first convincing evidence for the choleretic action of the vagus by showing that stimulation of the distal end of the divided vagus caused increased secretion of bile . |
| 10 | The Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , said that the rise in the seasonally adjusted figure was the lowest since last March and Scotland had the third lowest unemployment rate of all UK regions . |
| 11 | The six UK inspectors and one each from Azerbaijan , Hungary and Ukraine formed the first international team from the UK . |
| 12 | The tournament proved to be Gascoigne 's finest hour … he became a superstar overnight … and Jane spent the next 2 years helping him arrange a multi million pound transfer to the Rome club Lazio . |
| 13 | But Nicholas Knight and Don Topley got the target down to six off the last over , and Knight hit the first ball into the crowd . |
| 14 | And Ampex produces the first video recorder . |
| 15 | The Sheikha , her daughter , Hussa and Selma occupied the second section . |
| 16 | Marslen-Wilson and Tyler adopt the second view , proposing that : ‘ the system … does not allow … contextual factors to pre-select some class of likely words even before any of the relevant sensory information has been received . ’ |
| 17 | He then made two transfer requests and Wilkinson seized the first opportunity he could to unload the controversial star . |
| 18 | And Bryant has the last one ? |
| 19 | Well I had , there 's some soup in the freezer from when I put a tin , a tin of chicken soup and Di used the last of the turkey in it , and we had some and what was left I put in a dish |
| 20 | The two guys near the bottom fell tumbling and Ember hit the first one hard on the neck . |
| 21 | He grinned at her , his fleshy lips curled into a knowing line , and Fran felt the first stirrings of anger damp down on the fear . |
| 22 | He quirked a dark brow , his eyes lingering with open appreciation on her slim figure in the silky pale green dress , and Fran felt the first whisper of heat run along her veins . |
| 23 | Between them , Whitaker and Coburn devised the first episode 's opening in an English school . |
| 24 | And Danny said the third . |
| 25 | He was frequently asked for advice on the royal gardens at Windsor and Osborne , and Suttons received the first of several royal warrants from Queen Victoria in 1858 . |
| 26 | Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner refused to declare an emergency , under which a 60-day cooling-off period , would have been imposed and Bush became the first President to reject the advice of the National Mediation Board when he declined to intervene . |
| 27 | There I found Phil and Mike discussing the next move . |
| 28 | In 1923 , Jehu and Craig produced the first detailed account of the geology of this region , and followed it up with further accounts between 1925 and 1934 . |
| 29 | After 1739 this all came to an end , and Britain spent the next quarter-century at war with France , directly or by proxy in the colonies , with only a year or two of armed truce . |
| 30 | And Britain announced the first licence awards for North Sea Oil and Gas ’ . |