Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [noun sg] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her favourite Isabella ( later demoted to ‘ Lady in a Turban ’ ) was snapped up for the museum in 1896 , a few weeks before one of Berenson 's best finds , a Rembrandt self-portrait . |
| 2 | What is lined up for the quincentennial in 1992 ? |
| 3 | After holing up for the winter of 2512 the horde descended into the eastern provinces of the Empire . |
| 4 | The fleet lines up for the start of one of the races at Alton Water . |
| 5 | SISTERS Joyce Anderson and Jean Tebble are revving up for the start of one of the biggest fund-raising drives to be organised on Merseyside . |
| 6 | Well do I recall the ecstasy , and the shame , when on about two occasions each year during the summer he would take Jerry , Anna and me out for the day to one of the many beautiful villages around Glasgow . |
| 7 | Her mother had reacted to the subject in a predictable way , and had expatiated at some length about the absurdity of taking a dress all the way to Paris and back for the sake of one evening 's amusement , but in the end she had consented to do something about it . |
| 8 | I 'll be back for the tray in two ticks . ’ |