Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When you meet your teacher for the first time , tell him , or her , as much as you can about why you decided to have lessons . |
| 32 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 33 | Last year the Group cut its dividend for the first time since it became a quoted company in 1970 , but this year analysts expect the dividend to be held at last year 's figure , with Pilkington digging into reserves in order to fend off the resulting loss of confidence . |
| 34 | But just three days before the England selectors name their team for the second Test against Australia at Lord 's , Fletcher was not too concerned about Gower 's injury-enforced absence . |
| 35 | At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive . |
| 36 | Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time . |
| 37 | Two ideas over-large for reconciliation are fronting each other now , and there 'll be no peace until there 's been — no , ’ he checked himself , ‘ I wo n't say a settlement , but at least a temporary losing and winning that shall silence us both until we get our breath for the next bout . |
| 38 | I heard your name for the first time . |
| 39 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 40 | In a postscript Eliza somewhat enigmatically mentions her pregnancy for the first time : |
| 41 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 42 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 43 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 44 | he was a development manager , I 've been giving 'em earache for the last year and a half , saying , you are falling behind man . |
| 45 | Senior champion Andrew Roche ( Liverpool Mercury-Townsend ) shot to the top of the table by retaining his title for the second successive season and now has 17 points . |
| 46 | Simon Brain broke his leg for the second time in the welsh cup on wednesday and is out for the rest of the season … local youngster Paul Eversham will be given a chance to prove himself … |
| 47 | Loughlin , who broke his arm for the second time in 16 months on Great Britain 's summer tour Down Under , is in the centres after 10 minutes as sub in last Friday 's League defeat at Wheldon Road . |
| 48 | They really run this hospital , and they 'll be running your life for the next few years . ’ |
| 49 | I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow . |
| 50 | The question is whether England reached their peak for the first 45 minutes of Hamilton or whether they have the resources of skill and spirit to play even better seven days later at Pukekohe . |
| 51 | Outside in the street I took her hand for the first time . |
| 52 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
| 53 | One day , in Times Square , Dustin looked up and saw his face for the first time on a billboard . |
| 54 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 55 | Once the vote on Europe had been taken ( an overwhelming majority in favour of the platform 's motion ) , he had slipped out of the hall , pausing only to watch and listen while , at the bidding of the cameras , the national chairman of the YCs blew his trumpet for the umpteenth time . |
| 56 | Wexford closed the books and emptied his tankard for the third time . |
| 57 | Yesterday Silvino Francisco became his victim for the second time . |
| 58 | Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory . |
| 59 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 60 | It is probably fanciful to cast Mrs Moore as Phaedra , or the P'daytabird as Theseus , but now Lewis was crossing the sea to see his father for the last time . |