Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [det] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they 're among the poorest people in the community , many feel better off than they 've ever been — they 've got money , time and friends of their own for the first time . |
| 2 | The boy was going to the boxroom and was clearly excited at possessing a room of his own for the first time . |
| 3 | ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man : |
| 4 | Tallis was on her own for the first time in her eight years or so in this unimaginable land . |
| 5 | Young people striking out on their own for the first time frequently do not have transport and colleges or universities are not always situated in city centres . |
| 6 | When they first interviewed Sykes , on Monday this is , he told them he was staying at a cottage in the Lake District entirely on his own for the first two and a half weeks in September . |
| 7 | I 'm glad you wo n't be on your own for the first night . |