Example sentences of "for [pron] in the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The money we lifted was hardly intended for them in the first place , was it ? ’ |
| 2 | Presumably such militias date back to the last years of the Roman period , although there is no evidence for them in the fifth century . |
| 3 | I 've done lots of work for them in the last couple |
| 4 | It is very difficult to find a reason for that early forebear making a ‘ god ’ for himself in the first place , if it were not a result of the pressures of dependence originating from mammalian childhood . |
| 5 | Word processors are more like DTP packages , and spreadsheets do just about everything bar make the money for you in the first place . |
| 6 | Brian obviously a very important win for you but there were some close shaves for you in the second half . |
| 7 | It 's been so dreary for you in the last couple of weeks . |
| 8 | And after all the running around I 've done for you in the last couple of days . |
| 9 | I hope to have more details for you in the next Journal . |
| 10 | A first round victory caught everyone 's attention , and Swift kept close tabs on him for the rest of the year , even fielding a car for him in the 25th anniversary race at Silverstone and again in the Irish Festival . |
| 11 | I was running the wrong race ; I should never have been entered for it in the first place . |
| 12 | But he paid dearly for it in the first place did n't he ? |
| 13 | Our job is to go over there and come back with a result which keeps everything alive for us in the second leg at Parkhead . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes the contrast is not so clearly expressed for us in the twentieth century as it would have been in the first century , so we have to rely on commentaries to point out the way that the apostle was thinking . |
| 15 | The rough had been allowed to get really high and that was n't good news for us in the first round . |
| 16 | All Scotland 's impressive technique and tactical shrewdness went for nought in the 26th minute , though , when they lost a depressingly poor goal . |