Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun sg] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It makes me vomit ’ , she went on , ‘ to think that I am going to have to put up with a load of garbage like you in my school for the next six years . |
| 2 | Not a chance of course — I was stuck there in my seat for the next five or six hours . |
| 3 | ARSENAL 'S rent-a-crowd will assist the team in their battle for the first Premier League title . |
| 4 | After the punchline had been delivered and the ensuing laughter had died away , the blonde swayed away from the bar and looked in their direction for the first time . |
| 5 | Each of the five Wedgwood Rooms had scored the biggest percentage sales increase in their region for the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 6 | Belinda Jones , ’ the owner of the name said simply , and waited while Dr Russell 's sister seemed to fully take in her presence for the first time . |
| 7 | Mrs Beveridge cared for Leanne 's two children in her home for the first 24 hours of the siege . |
| 8 | Aunt Louise was seeking in her mind for the next verse , but it had gone . |
| 9 | I could hope that they 'll leave before dessert , she thought bitterly , as Melissa 's affected laugh rang in her ear for the fourth time . |
| 10 | The completed cycle was screened in its entirety for the first time at the Venice Festival this autumn . |
| 11 | The music ranges from the familiar to the unknown — from an early opera played in its entirety for the first time to a unique performance of The Messiah where you can actually join in the singing . |
| 12 | This trailblazing series is currently on show at the National Portrait Gallery in its entirety for the first time since 1935 , together with more conventional colour portraits of John Gielgud , Vivien Leigh , the Mountbattens and Lisa Maugham , and black-and-white work from the later years . |
| 13 | This material has recently ( 1978 ) been published in its entirety for the first time , but many problems remain unsolved — or insoluble . |
| 14 | There 's me been putting sugar in his Ovaltine for the last fifty years . |
| 15 | At Sussex University , he met Gail Rebuck , who would figure largely in his life for the next twenty years . |
| 16 | Yesterday publican John McKeague said that Mr McGarry had been drinking regularly in his bar for the last 20 years , but added that no one had ever asked about his movements . |
| 17 | Walking from the taxi to his apartment , Ross had felt the sting and throb in his face for the first time . |
| 18 | The old man , propped in his chair for the first time in over a month , laid a trembling hand on the babe 's head . |
| 19 | Should not we include such a policy in our manifesto for the next general election ? |