Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year . |
| 2 | ‘ I can always remember once , the head footman coming in once for the tea-tray . |
| 3 | He might have had to explain why he 'd put a Fax machine out here for the sheep to use on a quiet day . |
| 4 | The words and their phrasing left no doubt that the princess had been placed under considerable pressure to speak out publicly for the first time since her marriage to Prince Charles . |
| 5 | Pupils would then lob ping-pong balls in his direction and he would swing his tremendous member with the aim of knocking the balls into a waste-bin set up especially for the occasion . |
| 6 | In an upstairs bedroom — the kidnappers tended to avoid the downstairs rooms during daylight hours , despite the thick net curtains that screened them — the South African was seated at a table brought up there for the purpose . |