Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Moghul tombs , the Red Fort , the towering minarets of the Jami Masjid , made me aware for the first time of the significance of civilization , and the meaning of history . |
| 2 | It was Barbara Castle who remarked , when Mrs Thatcher became leader of the Conservatives in 1975 , that power had made her pretty for the first time . |
| 3 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 4 | To discourage petty claims , most insurers make you liable for the first £25 . |
| 5 | But even when it does occur it does not provide too much of a problem , for the sea slugs are capable of quickly regenerating them ready for the next naïve fish to attack . |
| 6 | A couple of hours of hard graft should see it ready for the next stage of its facelift , and might also tire her out enough to get some sleep . |
| 7 | We 'll continue to improve our strategy until we eliminate these potentially unsafe conditions — we 're already working on getting it right for the next overhaul in 1993 . |
| 8 | It 's an , a small number of , of viruses which constantly shift , and the WHO organisation which monitors flu viruses around the world , is responsible for seeing that the vaccine is made from strains that are in circulation currently , and , and we 've been getting it right for the last ten years , so I , I think there 'll be no problem this year . |
| 9 | so much for the Italian job Gloucester are back home training this week and getting themselves ready for the first league match of the season … that 's against wasps at Kingsholm on saturday ( 1 ) |
| 10 | I thought we were lovers ! she wanted to scream , but she swallowed her hurt for the thousandth time and forced a smile . |
| 11 | She must take it easy for the next few days . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll have it ready for the next bout . |
| 13 | This alternative process made it possible for the first time to obtain 1- tert -alkyl , 1-cycloalkyl , 1-aryl , 1-heteroaryl and 1-aminoquinolone and azaquinolonecarboxylic acid derivatives by combined acylation and arylation ( aracylation ) of enamines and enhydrazines with o -halo-(het)aroyl halides . |
| 14 | The course of events after 1931 clearly revealed the inadequacy of pure aspiration as the basis for a science of international politics , and made it possible for the first time to embark on serious critical and analytical thought about international problems . |
| 15 | The key point was that the bases paired , making it possible for the first time to seem how a chemical entity might be able to store and copy information . |
| 16 | It caused us a lot of extra work , major changes and more travel to get it right for the second larger meeting . |
| 17 | THAT AWFUL MOMENT WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET IT DIRTY FOR THE FIRST TIME |
| 18 | Many times after cooking and cleaning there , she would have to bring suitcases of washing back to our house in Taibach to get it ready for the next visit . |
| 19 | Otherwise they 're going to have another sleepless night , and we need them fresh for the next stage . ’ |
| 20 | Sufficient data stretching back to the mid-sixteenth century have now been assembled to make it possible for the first time to study short-term as well as long-term characteristics of demographic behaviour at the micro level . |