Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued , convincingly , that noun phrases taken as a whole may quite often have a different temporal assignment from that of the verb which they accompany , as in : ( 37 ) I used to be a good friend of the police chief The underlined phrase may be understood as past relative to the time of utterance ( and hence in agreement with the time indicated by the verb ) or as present ; the two different time-values correspond to the two different continuations in : ( 38 ) … before he joined the force … until he was shot for corruption The first continuation would be compatible with an expansion of the subject phrase to the man who is the police chief , while the second would support the man who was the police chief . |
| 2 | If this happens at night , go to ground , shelter yourself as best you can and go looking for help the next day unless you 're likely to freeze to death in the meantime . |
| 3 | Apart from her anxiety over Jennifer 's meeting David again , Rachel had been looking forward to Family Day , but when she arrived for work the next morning the preparations were the furthest thing from her mind . |
| 4 | The lines were opened for service the next day , 12 April , from the ‘ Pawleyne Arms ’ , along Penge High Street to the Thicket Road terminus and from the ‘ Robin Hood ’ to Low Level Station . |
| 5 | Currently in beta test , MicroWorks is scheduled for release the first quarter of 1993 — it is priced at $12,500 . |
| 6 | Access for Windows developers kits are scheduled for release the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 7 | Scheduled for release the first quarter 1993 XRAID is priced at $33,000. +1 416 636 3000 |
| 8 | The toolkit is scheduled for release the second half of 1993 . |
| 9 | Developer kits are scheduled for delivery the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 10 | With the wily Administrator also arrested for treason the First Elder agrees to release both the TARDIS and Maitland 's ship — on condition no further human expeditions will journey to the Sense-Sphere … |
| 11 | The 23 prospective presidential candidates who had contested the discredited primaries would not be allowed to run for president the next time , and all were banned from political activity for the remainder of the transitional period . |
| 12 | The reception was held at the Mansion House in Harrow Weald , where the couple spent a romantic wedding night , leaving for Mexico the next morning . |