Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Forming a club enables them to enter competitions together , and this they did for the first time recently at the combined Hampshire and Berkshire county championships , held at Reading gaol . |
2 | On Sept. 30 he called for the first time for dialogue to reach an equitable global settlement , addressing himself particularly to France which he had identified as more flexible [ see below for Mitterrand 's UN speech ] , although once again stressing that there would be no compromise over Kuwait belonging to Iraq . |
3 | In 1979 I interviewed for the first ( and last ) time the newly elected Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
4 | Starving and tired I prepared for the next day . |
5 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
6 | The route became circular in 1906 , going to Bolton Abbey and back , and in 1915 it changed for the last time . |