Example sentences of "to the [num ord] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Thames waterman would take his grandson , on his Sunday visits , out on his lighter , handing down his skills to the fifth generation to work on the river : ‘ he was one of those methodical old fellows who live quietly , and never get ruffled . ’ |
| 2 | The next day they moved me up to the second floor to work with Mr Perkins , a weird old guy who smelt of dogs and cleaned his ears out with the lid from his ballpoint pen . |
| 3 | We urge you to consider our request for a nursery to be attached to the first school to give the children a head start in their education . |
| 4 | A prize of 10,000 Spanish coins had been promised to the first man to see land and he even claimed this . |
| 5 | Before departure a prize of 10,000 maravedis had been promised to the first man to sight the New World . |
| 6 | For older children , make goals at either end of the room out of chair legs and give the point to the first person to score . |
| 7 | Aqua Libra , the refreshing non-alcoholic drink , is giving two tickets to the first person to call their hotline ( ) . |
| 8 | Well that 's going free to the first person to ring us on three double one , one double one with the answers to these three questions , listen carefully . |
| 9 | Viscount Northcliffe , the prominent journalist , offered a handsome Cash prize to the first person to fly across the English Channel which resulted in a Frenchman , M. Bleriot , flying from Calais to Dover in 1909 , which was the year in which Sir A. V. Roe began aircraft manufacture . |
| 10 | Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working . |
| 11 | WITH THE SUDDEN ENDING of the War the aircraft industry was thrown into chaos , but there was a renewed interest in a £10,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail in 1913 to the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic . |
| 12 | ‘ The political parties and the supporting civic organisations should agree further initiatives in the run-up to the first session to provide domestic and international publicity for the event . ’ |
| 13 | We have 60 bottles to give away to the first readers to answer the following question and send their answer , with their name and address , to : . |
| 14 | We have 250 jars of peach halves , each worth £3.95 , to give away to the first readers to write in . |
| 15 | We have 250 copies to give away to the first readers to write to Noilly Prat Booklet Offer , . |
| 16 | We have 500 booklets to give away to the first readers to write to John West/1H , Gramby Marketing Services Ltd , School Lane , Denham Maasey , Altrincham , Cheshire WA14 5SZ . |
| 17 | At this stage nearly a month had elapsed since the watercolour , so it was important to return to the first study to establish some kind of modus operandi for the oil . |
| 18 | You 'll remember we were offering five copies each of the latest Sega and Super Nintendo Tips Books to the first people to tell us the name of the hero in Rocket Knight Adventures . |
| 19 | Twenty-eight years ago Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-2 and 20,000 people tuned in to the first edition to hear Kenneth Wolstenholme describe the action . |
| 20 | I had to go to the next yard to fetch Jonesy . |
| 21 | I went on to the next level to see Midnight Run . |
| 22 | At the last two stitches on the right , place the end stitch on to the next needle to keep the 1 × 1 rib pattern . |
| 23 | In order to investigate the operation of such constraints , we will first look at some theoretical models which cast light on the various problems involved in the government-management " game " , before turning to the next section to consider some features of the control structure in the UK , so as to see some practical illustrations of the points . |
| 24 | So typical , is n't it , that when you go to see plays , you always like , dashing to the last minute to try and get tickets and been on for like , two months . |
| 25 | Unlike still red wines , sparkling Champagne does not benefit from a detectable tannin content , although a little tannin will be added prior to the last racking to activate the fining agent . |
| 26 | On the doorstep his final words to the last guest to leave were , ‘ You must vote for me when next I apply for a Cambridge professorship ’ . |
| 27 | And she would do it , Emily clenched her hands into fists , she would fight to the last breath to keep her heritage and to preserve the good name of the Grenfells . |
| 28 | the Americans are the Americans came into the , to the last war to satisfy their own ends |
| 29 | Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working . |
| 30 | His earlier much-fabled ‘ ruthless determination ’ and fanatical single-mindedness were now becoming to be regarded as a major liability , and the command to the 6th Army to fight to the last man was seen as its fateful demonstration . |