Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
| 2 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 3 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 4 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 5 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 6 | President Bush had stated on Aug. 2 that only a health problem — which he stressed did not currently exist — would deter him from seeking re-election for a second term . |
| 7 | For instance , at Hambro Life Assurance , employees receive the costs of legal and any other fees incurred in buying property for the first time . |
| 8 | And in taking prey for the first time he had found courage . |
| 9 | Before leaving London for the second time , the Captain of the aircraft received an updated weather report showing that conditions were bad at Manchester and deteriorating quickly at Prestwick . |
| 10 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 11 | Ealing Health Authority obtains regular updates on waiting times for a first outpatient appointment by consultant and , for each consultant , by subspecialty ( for example , general surgery clinics and varicose vein clinics ) from all of its major providers . |
| 12 | DOTING couple Alf and Jean Smith are on speaking terms for the first time in TEN YEARS . |
| 13 | They had observed a ‘ more thoughtful ’ approach from participants and felt committed to nominating staff for a second course . |
| 14 | Two TODAY reporters took their children on skiing trips for the first time . |
| 15 | We were famous for bombarding teams for the first 20 mins of games … beating them into submission … p[laying at a pace . |
| 16 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |