Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Newcastle employed him at Claremont , Surrey ( 1752 ) , and as chancellor of Cambridge University secured his employment to design the university library ( 1754–8 ) ; while for the second duke he worked at Clumber House , Nottinghamshire ( 1768–78 , demolished ) , and designed the bridge in Newark in the same county ( 1775 ) . |
2 | For the second word he looked gormless and drew a circle over his head . |
3 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
4 | He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game . |
5 | Although the appeals came when Russia was not yet ready to advance , for the second time she went immediately and unhesitatingly to the aid of her allies . |
6 | For the second time she had burned her boats . |
7 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
8 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
9 | He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do . |
10 | For the second time he ignored an insult . |
11 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |
12 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |
13 | For the second time he made his way out of the pit , and the others followed . |
14 | He saw Madra fighting with her reins , hair wild ; then a face out of a nightmare lunged up at him , and for the second time he confronted the tusked maw of a grypesh . |
15 | In fact , with his book of Spanish Civil War photographs , for the second edition he did not want them retouched ; he wanted the scratches , etc , left in because there was that feeling about it . |
16 | For the second week they 'll be whisked off to lively Barbados , where they will stay at the Discovery Bay Hotel on the fashionable West Coast of the island . |
17 | They arrange crews , sailing one per three beginners for the first week ; for the second week they coach on request . |
18 | For the second verse you stop singing ‘ head ’ and hum instead . |
19 | It was the twentieth time he had confessed such ignorance , but for the twentieth time it did not satisfy Jane Sharpe who sat naked to the waist at the room 's small dressing-table . |
20 | But for the thousandth time I do n't do anything and we get to the bathroom safely . |
21 | For the first offence I was given a fine . |
22 | So for the first activity you 'll need to be in twos or threes . |
23 | For the first leg he was |
24 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
25 | To turn yourself into a brood-mare for the first man you met ! |
26 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
27 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
28 | Many companies give an indication of how easy ( or difficult ! ) each plant is to raise so I 'd suggest that for the first year you stick with fairly easy ones , perhaps trying a couple of ‘ harder ’ ones . |
29 | For the first year I had a room on campus but I was n't happy there so I returned to Cliff Top , where my mother put one of the caravans at my disposal . |
30 | For the first year it is in continual body contact with its mother , clinging tightly to her as she travels and climbing all over her when she stops . |