Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean the street I lived once and er the police came to the party , it did get switched down a little bit , but er th the falling out after that for the next week , who rang the police and you |
| 2 | The rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest slowed during 1991 for the third year running , according to satellite evidence . |
| 3 | I was never out of that for the first few years I was saved , I was always getting in there , confessing my sins . |
| 4 | One can only speculate on the implications of that for the last years of life and , in particular , for the acceptance of tending roles . |
| 5 | Pfizer reported net profits of 4900000 for the fourth quarter of 1991 , including compensatory heart-valve charges of $195m , compared to $154m last year . |
| 6 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
| 7 | A novelty ladies ' night boosted the attendance mark past 8,000 for the first time this season , and Chief Executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ The evening was a success . |
| 8 | ANDY GOODWAY and David Hobbs , two former Oldham forwards , were yesterday rehabilitated at international level when Malcolm Reilly named a squad of 21 for the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday week . |
| 9 | OUTPUT inched up again in the fourth quarter of 1992 for the second quarter running , which could be taken to mean the recession has formally ended . |
| 10 | Tha that 's quite good for , for the biological stuff , it does n't really contain much sort of useful for the last three or four lectures , it does n't contain much on sort of ocean circulation and the physics , you know but it covers the biology interactions quite well . |
| 11 | Lara and Arthurton raised West Indian hopes with a left-handed partnership of 52 for the fourth wicket but both were undone by Donald 's speed in the final session and the match seemed all but signed , sealed and delivered to South Africa entering the rest day . |
| 12 | Martyn moved past 50 for the third successive innings and by the close had reached 84 off 153 balls . |
| 13 | The home side were 8–3 , but after a fourth wicket had fallen cheaply Neil Fernyough ( 62 ) and Richard Conlan ( 33 ) put together a stand of 65 for the fifth . |
| 14 | The Llandudno star figured in a stand of 96 for the third wicket , partnering team captain Dave Wallace , who hit a steady 38 . |
| 15 | He had two principal supporters ; Willey made 67 in a stand of 136 for the fourth wicket , but when the sixth wicket fell there were nearly four hours left and the lead was only 58 . |
| 16 | Asked if he had been tempted to quit at any time during the past eight days , he raised a smile and a quip : ‘ I 've felt like that for the last two years ! |
| 17 | Norman , 47 , was to stay like that for the next two-and-a-half years . |
| 18 | Breathe like this for the next two minutes . |
| 19 | This is it , Middle Age , and it will go on like this for the next thirty-six years until , without any big deal , without even noticing probably , it will be Old Age and we 'll still be sitting here . |
| 20 | Riven wondered if it would be like this for the next six weeks , and wiped his nose , thinking of the dark girl barefoot in the snows . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you going to treat me like this for the next ten years ? ’ |
| 22 | This is demonstrated , on the one hand , by Enterprise Zones , the enlargement of exemptions in the GDO and talk of further relaxations of control , and on the other , by inquiries , like those for the Third London Airport and Sizewell , breaking the records for length of time taken . |
| 23 | This is because the students will be dealing with this for the first time and this is thought to be a clearer presentation . |
| 24 | Remember you 're going into this for the first time . |
| 25 | Clubs had agreed a deal with Central for the first two months of the season , but it was thrown into doubt after some clubs said they were n't getting paid enough . |
| 26 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 27 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 28 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 29 | That night we had a conference with Tandri for the first time . |
| 30 | In the case of the Hannibalic War as many as fifty-four hoards have been found , compared with eighteen for the next whole half-century ; in the case of the Civil War there are ninety-eight , compared with twenty-four for the period 1625–41 and nine for 1649–60 . |