Example sentences of "be [verb] [to-vb] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the celebration , soldiers of his Army had been forbidden to shave for the last month so that their faced would more nearly represent those of warriors of old . |
| 2 | So , what we 're going to do for the next four months is look at the anatomy of a PC . |
| 3 | Roger Bootle , chief economist at stockbrokers Greenwell Montagu , said yesterday : ‘ I think the recovery has been waiting to happen for the last couple of months . |
| 4 | Show how the " translate and test " instruction described on page 117 can be used to search for the first comma . |
| 5 | One of these subjects may be offered to qualify for the Second Level Group Certificate in Book-keeping and accounts . |
| 6 | With job production , losing an order is not quite so critical because , providing the firm is being correctly represented , it should be invited to quote for the next order and perhaps be successful then . |
| 7 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 8 | Priests were allowed to vote for the first time since the 1920s , due to the repeal of anti-clerical legislation in January [ see p. 38758 ] . |
| 9 | I 've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour , and I ca n't . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’ |
| 11 | The former Rangers striker has been recalled to the squad to face in-form Chelsea in the Coca-Cola Cup tonight and is set to appear for the first time in two months . |
| 12 | The train was beginning to slow for the next station . |
| 13 | He fought back the word ‘ sorry ’ , which was threatening to erupt for the third time . |