Example sentences of "[vb base] for the [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the extension in claimable hours alone account for the increase in the number of night visits ? |
| 2 | We stop for the night in the middle of this scar tissue that will never heal . |
| 3 | Turkey 's primary interest is in gaining access to the European Community and Ankara believes that support for the West in the Gulf will hasten the day when Brussels will have to admit , albeit reluctantly , its first Muslim partner . |
| 4 | Look for the answer in the next issue . |
| 5 | He 'd open the door , take a few sips , close the door and look for the principal in the toilet . |
| 6 | Initially , of course , those who drove her out had to justify their actions to Elizabeth and prevent the English queen making any serious attempt to restore her sister of Scotland ; and they used that scholar of European distinction , George Buchanan , as their apologist , thus enabling the grave and learned humanist to display a remarkable talent for writing , as it were , copy for the Sun in the style of The Times , in his sensational Ane detectioun of the doinges of Marie quene of Scottes . |
| 7 | There is not much comfort for the museum in the knowledge that celebrated works are impossible to fence ; the idiosyncratic choice of stolen works strongly suggests that one buyer 's taste was being followed and that they are destined to be hidden away in a private collection , possibly in South America or Japan . |
| 8 | Shildon 's Craig Wake forged a hard-earned second win for the North-East in the intermediate 66kg class . |
| 9 | As you collected each one , you read out the name and amount — if it was 3/6 you had to say three shillings and sixpence — no short cuts for Daniel — then sign for the money in the large Parish Account Book . |
| 10 | It is now getting dark as we settle for the night in the German slit trenches and I share a trench with three French Commandos . |