Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fashanu is still included in Hearts squad to face Partick Thistle tomorrow and may partner Mo Johnston for the first and last time as John Robertson is almost certainly out . |
| 2 | In 1886 Lottie Dod , aged fourteen , beat Maud Watson for the first time in the final at the Bath tournament to win the West of England title . |
| 3 | The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months . |
| 4 | Over the next few months the government will be deciding whether to freeze Child Benefit for the 4th year running . |
| 5 | I was very nervous when I went to meet Mr Wogan for the first time but the gentleman who drove the big car to the show was very nice and friendly . |
| 6 | Suicide For Love is adapted by Matsuyo Akimoto from three plays by the 17th century writer Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Ninagawa 's production involves 73 actors , a swirling snow storm and a river on stage — the company , with true Japanese courtesy , provide plastic macs for the first two rows of spectators . |
| 7 | This would especially be the case , it would seem , if a company were contemplating a move to total quality control for the first time . |
| 8 | The 20 groups of Tory MPs asked by Margaret Thatcher last year to write policy papers for the next manifesto have been told to hand in their work to Number Ten by the end of the month . |
| 9 | When the future Cardinal Richelieu entered government service for the first time in 1616 he found available so little essential documentation on foreign policy that he had to ask French representatives abroad to send him copies of the instructions they had been given : without this he could not know even what the policies of his immediate predecessor had been . |
| 10 | Belgian hotshot Florence Descampe tasted US victory for the first time when she defied the cream of the LPGA Tour to win the Stratton Mountain Classic in Vermont . |
| 11 | David Linighan beats Tommy Widdrington to put Ipswich ahead at The Dell and , below , Paul Goddard beats Tim Flowers for the second . |
| 12 | David Linighan beats Tommy Widdrington to put Ipswich ahead at The Dell and , below , Paul Goddard beats Tim Flowers for the second . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're satisfied I 'm not going to sabotage your chances of becoming world champion for the second time ? ’ |
| 14 | Yesterday both Scots put the nightmare of Barcelona behind them , and made their dreams of becoming world champions for the first time come true . |
| 15 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 16 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 17 | BORIS BECKER yesterday beat John McEnroe for the eighth time in 10 meetings . |
| 18 | Heathcliff visits Catherine for the last time |
| 19 | Boots The chemist are to open pharmacy concessions for the first time in seven JS branches in late July . |
| 20 | For example when Pip meets Miss Haversham for the 1st time , Dickens describes her in immense detail . |
| 21 | He interviewed Mick Jagger for the first issue of May . |
| 22 | If the match takes place — some time next month has been suggested — it will provide ideal circumstances under which Andy Roxburgh , the national coach , may watch Costa Rica for the first time . |
| 23 | Ironic now , referring to the evening out with Lionel when she had met Sir Robert for the first time . |
| 24 | They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever . |
| 25 | The decision was made in the form of new guidelines issued by the Education Ministry in approving school textbooks for the next three years . |
| 26 | The Reykjavik summit , when President Reagan met Mr Gorbachev for the second time , led to a notable strain between Washington and London . |
| 27 | On the same Toronto junket , following a rather splendid lunch at the Granite Club with a friend from CFRB , I met Roy Thomson for the first time . |
| 28 | Hard work by the ground staff enabled play to begin on Friday afternoon , whereupon Richards , leading West Indies for the first time because of Lloyd 's injury , gleefully put England in . |
| 29 | In September the Ivoirien government cut the price it paid cocoa farmers for the second time since July , to CFA200 per kilogramme ( £368 a tonne ) . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , back in Alton , Flowercraft , in Market Street , are running a window competition to help raise money for the next trip in September , which Christian and Mark both intend joining . |