Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 2 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 3 | I therefore walked on air as I went to Westminster Evening Institute to sign on for the next Sociology year . |
| 4 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 5 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |
| 6 | By opening the way for military forces to serve overseas for the first time since 1945 , the Peace Keeping Operations ( PKO ) bill marked a significant shift in Japanese foreign policy . |
| 7 | The move came four months after the Diet had approved a law permitting Japanese forces to serve overseas for the first time since the end of the Pacific War [ see pp. 38962-63 ] , and followed a request from UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali . |
| 8 | While we remember those involved in medical missionary work overseas , let us also remember those who are currently in training to go overseas for the first time . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you know , before this I went out and bought Tesco 's own-brand baked beans to live on for the next month , ’ she remarked , rather unconvincingly . |
| 10 | THE first Norwegian whalers have put to sea to hunt commercially for the first time since 1987 in defiance of a global moratorium . |