Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And as the afternoon wore on , she relaxed and talked freely for the first time in weeks . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They had enough food and wine , and stayed there for the next five days . |
| 7 | 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 . |