Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] for [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , the present strength in depth of the England set-up and the fine organisation nationally bodes extremely well for the next few seasons . |
2 | Having played so well for the first two rounds and then the first three holes of the third , by which time he was tieing for the lead with Parry at 10 under par , Woosnam came to grief immediately after the Saturday storm . |
3 | I mean they 're probably booked up now for the next three or four years anyway |
4 | ‘ It has been very quiet up here for the last two years , but suddenly we have had a surge , ’ says a Vardy spokesman . |
5 | I think if Shrewsbury can hold on now for the next five or six or seven minutes they could be alright . |
6 | The Gould machine was set like clockwork to continue ticking as methodically for the next two years as it had for the last eight . |
7 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
8 | ‘ I always , ’ he explains , ‘ had the feeling that I was taking the club back straight for the first two feet of the backswing but now I am taking it slightly inside . |
9 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
10 | it 's been going around and around here for the last four days er I bet it 's been coming round the block up this street about eight to ten times a day , I du n no what 's it doing , the up here |
11 | The reason being that probably for the last 50 years the sewers have been provided free : they have outlived any associated loans and so no charge has been made to the revenue accounts . |
12 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |