Example sentences of "it for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Two men climb the rock to check that all has been eaten and to clean it for the next burial . |
| 62 | ‘ Still , could n't you get away from it for the next week or so — till she 's gone back ? ’ |
| 63 | ‘ I 'm buying it , but you can save it for the next guy . |
| 64 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 65 | ‘ Well , like , ten minutes ago , because I need it for the next programme . ’ |
| 66 | Having obtained B , we now select a pivotal element in it for the next step ; the selection is arbitrary except that the element must be nonzero and must not be in the second row , which contains the unit . |
| 67 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 68 | In fact , a musical dedicated to Elvis is on tour , giving two fans the chance to see it for the FORTIETH time . |
| 69 | Sometimes it was important to spoil oneself — Helena had written a piece on it for the last issue of Athene , explaining that when women felt the need for a little luxury they should give in to it , that pampering oneself created an inner glow which proclaimed that this was a Special Woman . |
| 70 | Yeah , and then from that they 've now got these fucking things that show the direction , the sign , the speed and oh its incredible sonar 's been going longer than radar , but only just we were the world leader 's now , I mean we cos we , cos we preserve fuel , we knew exactly , they left it for the last minute to get up there and intercept them . |
| 71 | The bantering tone remained in Surere 's voice but he added edge to it for the last word or two . |
| 72 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 73 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 74 | I went back to my office and shut myself into it for the last time . |
| 75 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 76 | Now , while Anna slept , she read it for the tenth time . |