Example sentences of "four [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shoaib , 90 not out overnight , reached his double century by hitting Shastri for his 19th four through the midwicket area . |
| 2 | And when DeFreitas edged a streaky four through the slips of Foster 's last ball , Mr. Angry lost control , lashing out at the stumps . |
| 3 | It was Botham who redeemed his poor bowling and got the crowd going with 42 not out , hitting the winning four off the third ball of the last over . |
| 4 | Woosnam , who was playing with Parry , salvaged a 73 which left him sharing fifth place with Price , four off the lead , which was rather better than it might have been . |
| 5 | Snell bowled me a no-ball which I hit for six , then hit a four off the extra ! |
| 6 | From next season any league in the world for players of 35 and over can have four off the bench . |
| 7 | So successful was the Class 59 , perhaps embarrassingly so from the viewpoint of British manufacturers , that the initial order for four machines was followed up by orders for five more , comprising one for additional Foster Yeoman traffic and four for the neighbouring but rival firm ARC . |
| 8 | Four for the price of one . |
| 9 | Chiddingfold 's all-round strength proved too much for Hanworth and with Jonathan Fowler scoring four for the second week running , the visitors cantered to an easy victory . |
| 10 | Myrecord was six : one for the prayer , four for the hymn and one before the end of the announcements . |
| 11 | An hour and a half into the debate all four for the first time gave succinct answers in agreement to one question and were rewarded with a cheer from the floor ! |
| 12 | The committee , in their own inimitable style , had eliminated too many girls and were left with only four for the final . |
| 13 | He tots up the maths in his head — five units for last year 's domestic season and the World Cup , a unit each for 1992 's five domestic tests , two more for the venture to South Africa and four for the major tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 14 | And after scoring four for the first time in a European game , he said : ‘ I 'm proud and privileged to break such a great player 's record . |
| 15 | The line-up for the fourth Grand Slam Finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy reflects a mixture of old and new , as former champions Queen 's Club make the grade for the fourth time , whilst Royal Berkshire earn a place in the last four for the first time in their debut Trophy season . |
| 16 | They 'll brighten any room — group them together in clusters of three or four for the most eye-catching effect . |
| 17 | I brought some very beautiful burr American walnut veneer , four enormous leaves for the top and another four for the underside , which was extravagance beyond words , for this was to be an exhibition piece . |
| 18 | Where children have failed consistently , remove their feeling of failure by giving a series of short regular lessons , designed to produce success — for instance , three simple words daily if the children are aged 6–8 , four for the 9–10 range , and six for the 11–13 children . |
| 19 | And William in there with fists flailing and Preston inevitably drawn in , too , as the fight spread until they were hauled off to the headmaster 's study for retribution ; he was a caning head and it was two strokes on each hand for a fight in the playground , four for the classroom . |
| 20 | Pursuant to the Directives ' aim to promote comparability of the accounts of companies of the various member States , companies are required to adopt one of two prescribed formats for the balance sheet and one of four for the profit and loss account but in doing so they may use either the prescribed ‘ historical cost accounting rules ’ or the ‘ alternative accounting rules ’ which pay greater recognition to the impact of inflation by a type of current cost accounting . |
| 21 | On the standing charges regarding motion three eight four for the rent-free telephones for our senior citizens it is really an extension of three seventy but the C E C asks to while you , while you accept this resolution ask for a qualification on the motion . |
| 22 | Individual films were separated by a three second featureless blue field and were recorded in blocks of four for the purposes of randomization . |
| 23 | Erm it would cost for the four for the four nights of the con conference , that 's from the Wednesday night to the Saturday night inclusive , six pounds a night each will almost cover the cost and we 've fitted in an extra person on the floor at three pounds a night that would clear the cost completely . |
| 24 | On the Crest of a Wave:Three out of four for the Central South powerboats . |
| 25 | The magistrate described the case as a ‘ marathon ’ with evidence heard from eight prosecution witnesses and four for the defence . |
| 26 | Five laps for each of the normal races and four for the Classics was something like starvation diet for a club who used to hold 10 lappers every year at this meeting . |
| 27 | erm , he saw two before forty four and preferred forty four for the size of the . |
| 28 | One eighty four for the two payments . |
| 29 | Akram swept him for four between the two fielders in front of the grandstand . |
| 30 | The second game in the three-match one-day series , reduced from four after the first was downgraded to a friendly , was suspended after little more than an hour 's play . |