Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun sg] for the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rapist was already lying in wait for the twenty eight year old woman when she arrived home last night . |
| 2 | Despite valiant efforts by our physiotherapists , my hamstring did not recover in time for the 200 metres . |
| 3 | There is some doubt as to whether the processes of investigation and legislation will be completed in time for the 1995 revaluation . |
| 4 | In addition an element of proportional representation would be introduced in time for the 1993 elections , as already proposed at a Socialist Party convention on Oct. 12-13 with the formation of electoral alliances with minority parties in mind . |
| 5 | Most of the ‘ Shadows ’ remained in post for the four years of opposition . |
| 6 | The vagaries of travel to Orkney , however , including the fact that the scheduled flights were all booked up with journalists , meant he could not arrive in time for the ten o'clock start . |
| 7 | Doyle drove straight to the Isle of Wight , arriving in time for the eleven-thirty ferry . |
| 8 | ‘ It meant I had to stay in character for the five weeks between the two periods of works . |
| 9 | Now we can only hope that things are resolved quickly enough for the developments to be finished in time for the 1994 Open . ’ |
| 10 | His reflection was fed by information from a wide variety of sources — from the presidential staff at the Elysée , from his ministers , from officials and experts , from the abundant official documentation that passed across his desk , and from the media ( he read all the major French newspapers as well as the Daily Telegraph , the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , and the New York Herald Tribune , and his normal weekday routine always ended in time for the eight o'clock television news ) . |
| 11 | Payment cheques , must arrive at banks by 1 April to be cleared in time for the 6 April deadline . |
| 12 | However , coach Cees Koppelaar is anxious that games are found so that his young squad can mature in time for the 1995 European championships being staged in Dublin . |
| 13 | The conference is for those working in education for the over-16s and the Youth and Community Services and will demonstrate the multi-ethnic , multicultural nature of European society . |
| 14 | Hill 's ban ended in time for the 1987 World Cup but Bristol 's Richard Harding , who replaced him for the final Five Nations match — a stirring victory over Scotland — was first-choice in Australia and Hill 's last game for two years was against the United States . |
| 15 | A evening out with friends ended in tragedy for the four women just after midnight . |
| 16 | The all-night fishing trip ended in tragedy for the four men after their boat ran out of fuel and ran aground on a sandbank off Nash Point . |