Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [art] fourth " in BNC.
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| 1 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 2 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 3 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 4 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 5 | The Small Branch of the Year Award was won for the fourth consecutive year by Williston in North Dakota . |
| 6 | This is proving a vintage year for Cumbrian trainer , Gordon Richards , whose Clever Folly was winning for the fourth time . |
| 7 | Ieremia Tabai has been President since independence and was elected for a fourth term on May 12 , 1987 , despite a constitutional prohibition on any individual serving more than three terms in the post . |