Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] [adj] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was his pick-up and feed from a scrum which sent David Wright in for the first of his tries and then the No. 8 charged over from a similar situation to grab the lead on the stroke of half-time . |
| 3 | Alistair , Wendy and Anna come in for the worst of it . |
| 4 | But England fullback Jon Webb does n't mind eating turf as he skids over for the first of his two tries as part of a record-equalling 22-point haul . |
| 5 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 6 | Later that year , when the writer was working on Loot , the idea first came up for the two of them to work together . |
| 7 | Notwithstanding the merit and extent of his achievements , Gavin Hastings still retains the desire to reach out for the best of which he is capable with as yet undiminished zest : ‘ Unless you set yourself tasks and ambitions , unless you have new targets , there is n't much point in playing . |