Example sentences of "[coord] for a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Variations to these customs can be made when there are no bridesmaids , or parents , or for a second marriage where the couple are paying for their own wedding . |
| 2 | All the cases discussed in this section have been ones in which words addressed to one person were held to make another person a trustee either for the first person or for a third party . |
| 3 | And for a first course all you will need is either the broth from the pot-au-feu , which will have a very fine flavour and which you can thicken if you like with a little rice — there should be enough for seven or eight people — or perhaps a dish of mussels , or a light fish soup . |
| 4 | There was no hurry and for a first book something unified was essential : a couple of years ' delay was of no importance . |
| 5 | He met her eyes and for a second time ; she smiled her shy smile at him , but his swimming head filled it with invitations . |
| 6 | His eyes narrowed dangerously and for a split-second Polly held her breath . |
| 7 | If the Home Office really wants to stop the abuse of children and the rape of women , it must pass a law allowing the castration of the perpetrators , not for a first offence , in case there is a mistake , but for a second offence — unless people are unfit to plead . |
| 8 | She had hardly set out when the unwelcome attentions of a British privateer forced her back to Ostend and , at her second attempt , she was intercepted again , off Banff , but for a second time escaped . |
| 9 | His eldest brother Henry had cause to feel frustrated , but for a third son Geoffrey of Brittany was extremely well endowed . |