Example sentences of "[num] for the [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Loopy Lil had n't a steady enough hand for spillikins and she could n't count up to more than three for the dominoes but she seemed happy to watch and smile .
2 Major alterations in the seventeenth and eighteenth-centuries covered up the marble and we have to be grateful to renovations in 1904 for the fact that it is now visible again .
3 He got there at four o'clock he had four fish he could catch I think out of the ten for the week cos he caught the others and he 'd caught them all by half past four .
4 By the time that the new Fono convened in early May , the traditional political manoeuvring had increased the HRPP 's legislative strength to 30 seats , compared with 16 for the SNDP and one independent .
5 Baa , baa , black sheep , have you any wool , yes sir , yes sir , three bags full , one for the master and one for the dame , one for the little boy who lives down the lane .
6 One for the windows and one for the phone points .
7 No , that 's just one for the Conservatives if you do that .
8 And it was two remote controls , one for the video and one for the television ,
9 Cavalry have two profiles , one for the rider and one for the mount .
10 Cavalry have two profiles , one for the rider and one for the mount .
11 Cavalry have two profiles , one for the rider and one for the mount .
12 When acting on such a double transaction it 's more efficient , and saves time and confusion , to keep two separate files , one for the sale and one for the purchase — never keep both on the same file .
13 Each frequency required two plug-in crystals , one for the transmitter and one for the receiver but at the push of a button it self-turned .
14 One for the master one for the dame and one for the little boy who lives down the lane .
15 We could envisage computers with two main stores , one for the program and one for data , but these would be very inflexible .
16 Casters are the better of the two for the reason that they sink and remain still on the bottom until they are eaten .
17 Myrecord was six : one for the prayer , four for the hymn and one before the end of the announcements .
18 But dogged determination by the owners saw the restoration of this fine engine , built in 1905 for the LSWER and which also served the Southern Railway and BR(S) , through to completion .
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