Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for Mum the Second World War was still present in our streets , the streets where she 'd been brought up . |
| 2 | There would n't be an I R A only for internment the last time . |
| 3 | The 1909 Royal Commission on the Poor Laws found that for widows the first recommendation of 1871 was generally observed , some Boards of Guardians going further and insisting that the widow maintain two children by herself before any relief was given , while others refused relief to healthy able-bodied widows no matter how many children they had . |
| 4 | I left Valladolid for Salamanca the next day . |
| 5 | In view of the grave nature of the crime he appeared in Inveraray before Mr John Campbell and a jury for sentence the next day . |
| 6 | The 23 prospective presidential candidates who had contested the discredited primaries would not be allowed to run for president the next time , and all were banned from political activity for the remainder of the transitional period . |
| 7 | The reception was held at the Mansion House in Harrow Weald , where the couple spent a romantic wedding night , leaving for Mexico the next morning . |
| 8 | and more for completion the third application is this , yesterday Mr referred in his evidence |
| 9 | They and the coffin were safely back — the coffin in the Volvo , its outline well disguised by an old car cover , and he would bring it round after dark the next evening . |
| 10 | And birdie it he did , the climax to an emotional last round in which he smashed his putter on a trash box after three-putting the 11th hole . |
| 11 | Now she left with plastic bags full of washing and returned after lunch the next day with Hugh 's shirts , Molly 's dresses and the children 's T-shirts and jeans beautifully ironed . |
| 12 | Mozart was by no means the first freelance composer to die in financial difficulties in the days before copyright law and performance rights afforded the artist some protection : 60 years later the German composer Gustav Lortzing literally starved to death after having to sell his hugely successful operas to publishers for a pitifully inadequate outright fee , which denied him any further revenue . |
| 13 | by no means the first place to be discovered , it soon established itself as a maritime port of central importance to Canada 's growing economy ; though it commenced as a Jesuit mission-place , which explains its ethereal qualities . |
| 14 | But the state labour exchanges established by the new legislation were by no means the first attempt to assist workers in finding jobs , though most of the previous efforts had been confined to specific trades or occupations . |
| 15 | The public , of course , had only the word of the press to guide them , and although there was more than a germ of truth in what the tabloids reported , this was by no means the first autumn in which the Prince had spent weeks without his wife and children . |
| 16 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 17 | It is by no means the first time that there has been unacceptable , totally unsporting behaviour along such lines in that part of the world . |
| 18 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 19 | by no means the next Nirvana as too prone to cuteness . |
| 20 | After Jericho the next city to be attacked is Ai , but here the Israelite troops are routed , and the people of God have a taste of the fear they have hitherto inspired in others . |
| 21 | After GCSE the next step for many young people is to take A-levels . |
| 22 | As Endill was walking back to his dormitory after lessons the next day he heard a faint ticking at the end of the main corridor . |
| 23 | After breakfast the next day , someone knocked at the front door . |
| 24 | If this happens at night , go to ground , shelter yourself as best you can and go looking for help the next day unless you 're likely to freeze to death in the meantime . |
| 25 | Love-making 's not easy when you 're driving back from an evening meeting in Cheltenham to reach London by 1.30am and you both have to be up early for work the next day . ’ |
| 26 | In the evening I went out to a club , stayed up all night , was late for work the next morning , got sacked and ever since then the rest of the staff have been kind enough to pretend that I 'm still one of them . |
| 27 | They came down in their own time , after they 'd left off work , and they 'd have a small job done ; and then they 'd take it back ready for work the next morning . |
| 28 | Apart from her anxiety over Jennifer 's meeting David again , Rachel had been looking forward to Family Day , but when she arrived for work the next morning the preparations were the furthest thing from her mind . |
| 29 | In such a climate of change the 29th Edition Rules for Automatic Sprinkler Systems can only indicate that required sprinkler protection for broad categories of commodity . |
| 30 | Couple 's joy : Alison Kitchen , 28 , and her husband David , 31 , who live in Hartlepool , are celebrating the birth of triplets the first test tube babies to be born at the town 's general hospital . |