Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Guildford I saw for the second time the travelling exhibition ‘ Architecture in Context ’ , staged by the RIBA 's South East Region . |
| 32 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 33 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 34 | Next to the butcher , where the meat was arranged on silver platters and the chops dressed with paper ruffs , I saw for the first time a shop stocked exclusively with cheeses : nothing else , just cheese . |
| 35 | In between the two mosques , in the great arc of roofs and terraces which surmounted the houses of Shahjehanabad , I saw for the first time that secret Delhi which lies hidden from those who only know the city from ground level . |
| 36 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
| 37 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |
| 38 | Her crew danced to their tasks , and I understood for the first time the meaning of the Indonesian words for " crewman " — " anak prahu " , literally " child of the prahu " . |
| 39 | Jo Spence I think it was then I was ill that I understood for the first time what it was to be a victim . |
| 40 | ‘ However , I went for a second opinion , and I was put on a scan . |
| 41 | I went for the last fitting of my dress . |
| 42 | How will I live for the next hour . |
| 43 | Yes , I have the slip somewhere , and my father I did n't keep it but my father must have kept it , but I discovered it one day and it was seven and thruppence I think for the first week 's pay . |
| 44 | I learned for the first time what it was to be a stranger , an immigrant from primitive parts who spoke with a funny accent and called things by their wrong names . |
| 45 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 46 | Later I found out that a standby wife had got halfway down the aisle before turning back , remorseful at abandoning her husband , leaving one empty seat — my seat , I brooded , as I waited for the next flight . ) |
| 47 | I used a variant of it in a pastiche of the 1930s story I wrote for the fiftieth anniversary of Collins Crime Club in 1980 . |
| 48 | Alone in bed I wondered for the first time whether the girl had been truly dead when we threw her into the river . |
| 49 | The contractions stopped and I wondered for the hundredth time what my son would look like . |
| 50 | But because he was n't , I worked as hard as I could until dark , about night time , to get them done for the next day . |
| 51 | The Special Discount is being continued on the same basis ( see page 2 ) and for those policies which qualify for the first time the increase is offset by approximately 6% . |
| 52 | The Front comprised political and religious organizations and parties based in Iraq and Jordan , including the Moslem Brotherhood , which agreed for the first time to co-operate without preconditions with nationalist and non-religious groups . |
| 53 | The Company 's hint was taken , and on 6th July the Charity Commissioners approved the new Board , which met for the first time twelve days later and agreed to advertise for a Headmaster who — after all the fuss and contrary to what may have been expected — was required to be an Anglican clergyman ! |
| 54 | The committee , which meets for the first time next Tuesday , is expected to end its deliberations in January . |
| 55 | Which marks for the last test give a final average of fourteen marks for So the one test is gon na give him that is n't it ? |
| 56 | The other two mammal species which bred for the first time were a pair of Geoffroy 's marmoset which had one youngster , and the cheetah female , Angie , who produced four cubs . |
| 57 | Gareth Rees , co-ordinator of the Norwich Union Coastwatch programme at Farnborough College , said : ‘ Despite increased government legislation and political rhetoric , we are faced with results which indicate for the fourth year running a deterioration in the state of our coastline . |
| 58 | Nonetheless , George Albert Smith 's name stands as the inventor of a colour process which was viable , which was shown worldwide , and which presented for the first time on the screen a photographically produced colour picture . |
| 59 | The issue of the transformation to political pluralism was regarded as the main obstacle to progress in the peace talks between the government and the Mozambique National Resistance ( Renamo or MNR ) , which resumed for a second round in Rome on Aug. 14 . |
| 60 | The Secret Committee on the Peasant Question , which convened for the first time on 3 January 1857 , consisted entirely of Nicholaevan grandees . |