Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 2 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 3 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 4 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 5 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 6 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 7 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 8 | ‘ You are not becoming a Brownie tonight , ’ Mum reminded her for the hundredth time . |
| 9 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 10 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 11 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 12 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 13 | Leo asked her for the second time . |
| 14 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |