Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |
| 2 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 3 | I would recommend them only for the casual observer who wants little apart from views of lunar craters . |
| 4 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 5 | I 've always really had to depend on having someone else for the intricate stuff so that I can keep things fairly simple for myself . |
| 6 | Assuming that the seller can then re-sell them elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay , the seller will suffer no loss . |
| 7 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |
| 8 | Had kept all of them just for the proud thrill of his in truth rather badly formed hand . |
| 9 | The Butlins Empire has now had to market itself anew for the experienced package tourist ; a move from wooden chalets to brick-built country suites , from the Minehead Camp to Summerwest World . |
| 10 | Having all four styles comfortably within your repertoire thus equips you best for the total process of learning from experience . |
| 11 | Thank you also for the ten pound cheque which I 'll be donating to Cancer Research , Yours sincerely , Angela . |
| 12 | We 've been looking for you everywhere for the past hour ! |
| 13 | she obviously took them both for the same thing did n't she ? |
| 14 | There are some production hiccups that still need sorting and the setup should be better , but it 's generally well-built , highly individual to look at and I 'd recommend it to anybody just for the wonderful mixture of filth , jangle and clang that the pickups provide . |
| 15 | You did the wise thing , calling a halt when you did , she told herself sharply for the umpteenth time . |
| 16 | It really would be very much more practical to have her hair cut , she told herself severely for the umpteenth time , but the simple truth was that she liked having her hair long , loved the feeling of the heavy silken strands on her skin . |
| 17 | Yet the tax system is there precisely for the public benefit . |
| 18 | There was nothing here for the average tourist , nothing for my friends Jim and Mary , who go off every year on a package tour . |
| 19 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
| 20 | His sports and hobbies frequently took him away for the best part of the weekend ; work also ate into parts of Saturday and Sunday . |
| 21 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 22 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |
| 23 | I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek . |
| 24 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 25 | These three have worked together harmoniously and with some notable successes since Reilly took charge early in 1987 and it is certain that he would want them alongside him again for the hard year ahead , in which Great Britain play 10 Tests , including three World Cup games . |
| 26 | He looked at Mitch , studying him closely for the first time . |
| 27 | he 's done nothing , put it right for the last year . |
| 28 | Her mind was free to appreciate it properly for the first time . |
| 29 | Leaving Hong Kong had not just removed her from the battlefield ; it had left them alone in it together for the first time in their lives . |
| 30 | One of the original group , Crest Homes , has now decided to go it alone for the first stage of the project . |