Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 2 | The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle . |
| 3 | She pursed her lips and reached for the next letter on the pile of personal correspondence brought in by her secretary . |
| 4 | If Bowe wins and opts for a first defence against veteran George Foreman , the WBC have confirmed they will strip him of the title and declare Lennox Lewis champion . |
| 5 | Details are not yet available , but one proposal is to establish regular deadlines for grant applications and to require for the first selection round a short summary of project proposals rather than the full 20-page application , as is now the case . |
| 6 | Well , what is a man to do , deprived at a stroke of his habitual daily employment for forty years and living for the first time with his widowed younger sister who is always surveying him for signs of disorder , be they physical , emotional or sartorial , and nagging him about unpunctuality for meals . |
| 7 | I rowed on a few yards and anchored for the sixth time . |
| 8 | Now aged 38 , Harwood has been making things , perfecting techniques and designing for the last twenty years but is barely known outside a small group of cognoscenti . |
| 9 | When we have left behind the turbulence of adolescence and shed some of the more harrowing demands of responsibility for making careers and caring for the next generation , we may seek opportunities to assess our lives and face its later stages with some serenity . |