Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er the industry is responsible for half our fixed investment and accounts for a third of our manufacturing base . |
| 2 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 3 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 4 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 5 | And Paul de Levantiére would sigh , turn with a resigned expression to his fitter and ask for the next outfit to be tried on . |
| 6 | But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing . |
| 7 | A line creeping forward , and a rabble of men leaving the hatch and hurrying for the first bench place they could find . |
| 8 | Last night , she said she would be taking a play to the Edinburgh Festival and directing for the first time . |
| 9 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 10 | CONFERENCE delegates yesterday swept aside a warning from the party leadership and called for the next Labour government to take back into public ownership immediately land sold off by privatised water companies . |
| 11 | There was a small band away from the tables , and the singer had started as he had begun his meat and called for a second bottle . |
| 12 | Wood is the most important commodity in international trade after gas and petrol , though most of it is used in the country of origin and much of it very close to source , being the only source of fuel for warmth and cooking for a third of the developing world . |
| 13 | I crumpled this ticket and waited for the next to be called . |
| 14 | Gingerly , sweating , I curled my left hand behind my back and felt for the third arrow , and found it sticking out of my jersey though fairly loose in my hand . |
| 15 | Or chortle and wait for the next T-shirt ? |
| 16 | Nadine clicked her tongue and smiled for the first time . |
| 17 | Only the terror of being caught by the creature — I could all too clearly imagine myself being hurled from the roof — drove me to climb over into space and feel for the first rung of the ladder . |
| 18 | ‘ Is it really worth going somewhere else ? ’ she asked a trifly wistfully , filling her lungs with cool fresh air and realising for the first time that the pavements were damp and it must have been raining . |
| 19 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 20 | In the meantime , the railway 's in-service stock is being repainted in a new dark red and ivory livery , mainly by one locally based volunteer and adorned for the first time with the railway 's insignia . |
| 21 | His mother held him on her knee and explained for the hundredth time how big the ship would be and how many oceans it would cross and what his big brother would see from it . |
| 22 | Doris smoothed a hand over her rounded knee and waited for the next question . |
| 23 | An elderly woman does not want to take the risk , hastily glances at the sharp blades of the door , retreats back to behind the faded white line and waits for the next train . |
| 24 | He swung one foot out , to the next joist , then put out one hand and felt for the next rafter ; he transferred his weight carefully . |
| 25 | Burton has declared that it was when he was performing that scene on the stage that he felt the hairs on his neck stand on end and knew for the first time the power he could have over an audience . |
| 26 | The bowler returns the ball to his own end and prepares for the next delivery . |
| 27 | These massive constructions of bamboo and paper , often passed down from year to year and re-covered for the next May festival by a new team , were far beyond the capacity of any individual flyer . |
| 28 | So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus . |
| 29 | In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office . |
| 30 | Maximilian said , and Edward looked at him with interest and regard for the first time . |