Example sentences of "[num] for [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | His father gave him a white convertible Mercedes 300 for his eighteenth birthday . |
2 | Thanks to Graham Waters of St. Just and Frank Butler ( Cornwall YDO ) the ‘ Mini All Blacks ’ took to the road on 1st December 1991 for their first game against Redruth . |
3 | Pope John Paul II arrived in Prague on April 21 for his first visit to a Soviet bloc country outside his native Poland . |
4 | 103 of these were canonized by Pope John Paul when he visited Korea in 1984 for its 200th Anniversary celebrations . |
5 | MILLIONAIRE Noel Edmonds returns to Radio One for its 25th birthday celebrations — having joined the station as a £7-a-week DJ in 1968 . |
6 | Delegations representing the ruling Marxist MPLA government and the US-backed rebel UNITA movement met near Lisbon ( the Portuguese capital ) on Sept. 24-28 for their fourth session of direct negotiations on a peace agreement [ for inconclusive meeting in August see p. 37643 ] . |
7 | FILM stars Tom Cruise and Demi Moore demanded perks worth Pounds 320,000 for their last film . |
8 | Meanwhile , that well-known buyer of marinas , Marina Developments plc , have announced annual results showing a profit increase of £1.9 million for their last trading year , up from £1.8 million to £3.7 million on a turnover that increased from £8.4 million to £20.3 million . |
9 | They already have pots of cash — Charlotte 's got an island off the Italian coast worth £4 million for her fifth birthday . |
10 | Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) assembled in Geneva on March 11-12 for their first meeting since the ceasefire in the Gulf war . |