Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 2 | Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next . |
| 3 | Make a note of these in your garden diary , and watch carefully for the first sign of bud swelling , for they will need pruning first . |
| 4 | And look out for the first Birthday File coming up soon ! |
| 5 | And as the afternoon wore on , she relaxed and talked freely for the first time in weeks . |
| 6 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 7 | From a wizened dried up body which was buried in the sand some 5000 years ago to the amazing unwrapped mummy of Ramses the Great , one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs , Mummies and Magic has recreated and brought together for the first time in one exhibition , some of the most important Royal Mummies and funerary treasures . |
| 8 | For all that , the way in which he was publicly rebuked by Peter May , the chairman of Selectors , after returning home , and appointed only for the first Test against India , annoyed many people by its insensitivity and seemed to be about as productive as the shooting of Admiral Byng on his quarterdeck . |
| 9 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 10 | Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull . |
| 11 | He lived and played and wrote and toured frenetically for the next couple of years , working night and day — with just a little help from Benzedrine , Methedrine , and anything else that would speed him up or slow him down . |
| 12 | They had enough food and wine , and stayed there for the next five days . |
| 13 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 14 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 15 | I had no idea of doing anything else but study there for the first three years after school , for which my hardworking and frugal parents had saved enough money . |