Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's painted them continually for the last 6 years . |
| 2 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 3 | If you have any views about ways in which we could help each other in such situations perhaps you 'd like to jot them down for the next newsletter . |
| 4 | Besides even if they did n't win it again for the next two million years we 'd never hear the end of it . |
| 5 | We played with Gary player for the first two rounds and he was as miserable as sin about our luck with the weather because we caught it again for the second round . |
| 6 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 7 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 8 | he 's done nothing , put it right for the last year . |
| 9 | My experience also spans the full spectrum of aircraft maintenance within the RAF from turning them around for the next flight at the sharp end , through the deeper repair at station level to the major repair at remote sites . |
| 10 | ‘ Rather than selling him , we are about to offer James a new and extended contract which will keep him here for the next two or three years . ’ |
| 11 | Impulses of attraction towards beautiful forms or faces troubled him frequently for the next two years at Oxford . |
| 12 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 13 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 14 | They manhandled her out of the vehicle and through the front doors , down the corridor and into the small , windowless and empty room that had become her home for the last nine hours . |
| 15 | For all that , had she been right just to abandon him pitilessly for the first dashing knight to Pass her way ? |
| 16 | Oh it 's it it 's on a it 's on erm it 's on a plate so you er I do n't mind I 'm , you know I do n't mind not getting it back for the next month . |
| 17 | Our fleet now consisted of three " V " vessels , Venturous , Vigilant and Valiant , all well equipped , modern , purpose-built patrol boats which were worked hard and served us well for the next ten years . |
| 18 | He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders . |
| 19 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |
| 20 | Tomorrow , she promised — not of course that Ven was likely to want to accompany her anywhere for a third day in a row — but tomorrow she would insist on going sightseeing on her own . |
| 21 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 22 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 23 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 24 | His second-in-command re-divided the men and sent them back for a second search of the places they had searched before . |
| 25 | ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign . |
| 26 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 27 | One of the original group , Crest Homes , has now decided to go it alone for the first stage of the project . |
| 28 | Yeah , I know he 's admitted it already that does n't mean we 're not gon na get you back for the first time you fucking did it ! |
| 29 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |
| 30 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |