Example sentences of "the [noun] for the [num ord] five " in BNC.

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1 He has been the coach for the last five seasons .
2 He has been the coach for the last five seasons .
3 Raima UK is likely to be joint-owned by the two companies , and is said by Systemstar 's David Turley to be ‘ the inevitable consequence of our selling the product for the last five years ’ .
4 If anything , he 'll need calming down — and the best way Taylor could achieve that would be to tell him , whatever happens against Turkey tonight , that he 'll be in the team for the next five games at least .
5 There 's scores of Central South folk heading for Wales this weekend to ride and run in one of the great adventure races … its the annual Horse v Man V Mountain Bike challenge … local people have won the race for the last five years … and you can if the winning run or ride continues when we bring you the highlights on Monday …
6 A huge balloon will be floating over the countryside for the next five weeks .
7 ‘ Catriona , ’ said Rose-Marie , ‘ that 's your turkey cérise on the counter for the last five minutes . ’
8 London 's rate of population loss in the 1970s was virtually the same as the average for the next five cities ( Birmingham , Glasgow , Liverpool , Manchester , and Newcastle ) , so the relative gap between them changed little .
9 Were he to do so , it would mean that should he take any step later than the time specified in the clause then however slight the delay and however little it affected the tenant , he would lose the benefit of the clause for the next five , seven or ten years or whatever the intervals for revision might be .
10 The Socialists , who have ruled the country for the last five years , were expected to be left with less than 70 seats , after winning a mere 19 per cent of the vote — their lowest score in any general election in recent times .
11 Asked by an exit pollster which way he had cast his vote , he replied : ‘ I voted for the party that is going to run the country for the next five years . ’
12 She had seen them around the hotel for the last five days .
13 Animal rights activists have been targetting people and shops in the region for the last five years .
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