Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general election was held on 18 June , and election and examination fever coincided for the first time since 1945 . |
| 2 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
| 3 | When the meter man came for the last time he spoke of my aunt , and of the many years he had been to the house , so that he felt himself to be almost an old friend . |
| 4 | The figures show that the number of pollution incidents rose for the fifth successive year and have doubled since 1985 . |
| 5 | For example , in his chemistry exam John wrote for the first three answers blank , ether and litmus test . |
| 6 | The pill swapping continued for the next couple of weeks , showing no difference in the population of Xenly . |
| 7 | However , Syrian officials contended that with the signing of the treaty Syria had for the first time formally acknowledged Lebanon as an independent state . |
| 8 | Your comment was made in a week when manufacturing output fell for the seventh successive quarter and unemployment rose for the 23rd successive month . |
| 9 | As a result of the bad weather , the Royal Bank of Scotland 's oil index fell for the second consecutive month to 114.5 , the second lowest January since the index began ten years ago . |
| 10 | Electricity companies sparkled for the first part of the year . |
| 11 | The bewildered children of his son Robert learnt for the first time how their apparently benevolent grandfather really viewed their father . |