Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] for a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 2 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 3 | The Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) government of Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford was returned for a second five-year term at a general election on Jan. 22 . |
| 4 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 5 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 6 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 7 | At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time . |
| 8 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 9 | ELABORATE last-ditch attempts to save a town from lava flowing from Sicily 's Mount Etna were postponed for a second day yesterday because of poor weather . |
| 10 | A general election was held in August 1991 [ see p. 38397 ] ; Wee Kim Wee was elected for a second four-year term in August 1989 [ see p. 37574 ] . |
| 11 | The talks were extended for a third day after the Japanese agreed to drop the nuclear inspection demand during the current session . |
| 12 | Diouf was re-elected for a second term at the same time . |
| 13 | The horn was sounded for a third time , a single blast , long and mournful . |
| 14 | No new date was set for a ninth round of talks . |
| 15 | After the King 's speech , Abd Al-Latif Arabiyat of the Moslem Brotherhood was elected for a third consecutive term as Speaker of the House of Representatives , the Assembly 's lower chamber . |
| 16 | The case was heard for a second time in mid-1986 , when he was convicted on six counts of espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment , but the verdict was later overturned . |
| 17 | The contract was extended for a third year and we shall be endeavouring to obtain a further extension beyond its current time limit ( October ) . |
| 18 | Nearly two months later — on September 21 — a supplemental contract was granted for a second XB-70 and a single YB-70 . |
| 19 | Thus Saxony was conquered for a second time . |
| 20 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 21 | In 1987 the Conservative Party was returned for a third term . |