Example sentences of "[prep] their [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The motley band stared in awe at the figure who would be in charge of their lives for the next three months . |
| 2 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 3 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 4 | There , Daf workers who are made redundant will receive 70 per cent of their wages for the next four years . |
| 5 | ARSENAL 'S rent-a-crowd will assist the team in their battle for the first Premier League title . |
| 6 | After the punchline had been delivered and the ensuing laughter had died away , the blonde swayed away from the bar and looked in their direction for the first time . |
| 7 | The audience were in their seats for the first of the two evening performances . |
| 8 | Each of the five Wedgwood Rooms had scored the biggest percentage sales increase in their region for the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 9 | At the age of seven he had been put on a ship to Britain , kissed by his mother and sisters , shaken hands with by his Pop , and banished from their sight for the next eleven years , save two brief holidays . |
| 10 | She 's been visiting the Compton family who have been without their car for the last two months . |
| 11 | PRINCESS Diana 's two young sons are to spend Christmas Day without their mother for the first time in their lives . |
| 12 | In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 . |
| 13 | At 4.00 p.m. on Saturday 11 June the drivers engaged in their traditional sprint start to their cars for the 23rd Le Mans , scheduled to cover more than 4000 mkm ( 2500 miles ) . |
| 14 | Some approached the Santuario on their knees for the last part of the journey , saying the Rosary and imploring the Madonna 's help . |
| 15 | To make the country even more civilized the railways were embarking on building great hotels by their stations for the first time . |