Example sentences of "at [num] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staunch Friend is unchanged at 16–1 for the Champion Hurdle with Hills after a fairly bloodless win in the ASW Hurdle , but the same firm have had good money for Irish raider Destriero , who is now 12–1 from 20–1 . |
| 2 | These time-fused torpedoes fired , Micky Wynn set off at 0230 for the sea down river , while Commander Ryder moved into midstream to check the position , coming between the wrecks — five MLs were now blazing hulks — to within 250 yards ( 230m ) of the Mole 's batteries as Able Seaman Savage and his mate , AB F.A . |
| 3 | Pakistan had secured their position at 123 for the loss of Ramiz , who was bowled by a giant breakdown down the slope from DeFreitas . |
| 4 | At 4–1 for the County Championship , Essex look like solid bankers and the 6- 1 with Chandler to win the NatWest also looks an attractive bet . |
| 5 | Eating supper early , we were asleep by eight , before waking at five for the dawn . |
| 6 | The oldest Best Actor was George Arliss at sixty-three for Disraeli ( 1929 ) , the youngest Richard Dreyfuss at twenty-nine for The Goodbye Girl ( 1977 ) — thus upholding the ancient Oscar tradition that the Best Actors tend to be honoured for their worst pictures . |
| 7 | The thing with th , with getting there at two for the gate right , because you can go in and get seats , for that amount of time you want a seat . |
| 8 | Gerald Leigh 's filly , who is quoted at 25-1 for the Classic , was recording her third successive win . |