Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] it be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To write a feature story on the Inaugural First Flight it was arranged for me to join the westbound plane at Moose Jaw and telegraph back the story from Calgary . |
| 2 | By the time that Captain Cook was engaged in his voyages of exploration in the Pacific in the late-eighteenth century it was taken for granted that the inhabitants of the newly discovered islands would be men and not monsters , but cannibalism was still seen as somehow sub-human . |
| 3 | In the early years of the twentieth century it was noted for its hardiness and the bullocks ' ability to feed to heavy weights , while the cows won many Royal Show prizes for butterfat yields , though the quantity of milk was low . |
| 4 | Last night it was shown for one night only at a charity screening for St. Edward 's School in Oxford . |
| 5 | Last week it was shortlisted for the NCR prize , the winner to be announced on 20th May . |