Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 You 've made my life complete for the first time since your mother died . ’
2 He smiled and Robyn watched and felt her heart stop for the hundredth time .
3 Their friendship continued for the next few days .
4 New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has agreed to coach Italy 's national cricket team for the next two months to help their bid to qualify for the next World Cup in 1996 .
5 Their heyday lasted for the first five years of the Eighties , when they scored the incredible total of 20 consecutive Top 20 hits .
6 Claudia lying in her hut listening for the first sounds of life .
7 Although there is no evidence , at present , of drinking water being contaminated in Britain , many reservoirs and lakes have had algal blooms on their surface waters for the last two summers .
8 The latest setback will keep the 29-year-old out over the hectic festive period , but gives him scope to return for the next series of European Cup games .
9 Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream .
10 Manager Kenny Shiels , watching his side win for the first time since the opening day of the season , feels that it 's not an impossible dream .
11 Tomorrow was too far distanced for his mind to wait for the last piece of evidence — a mind so ceaselessly tossing , as it had been ever since Lewis — wonderful Lewis ! — had mentioned that seemingly irrelevant item in The Oxford Times .
12 His head moves for the first time to follow his eyes and maintain the essential link of communication signals .
13 And there the momentum of his pursuit faltered for the first time .
14 His voice trembled for the first time .
15 Our study describes for the first time the secretory and circulatory changes occurring with the progression of pancreatitis induced by caerulein infusion .
16 It is very important that as you come to the end of one bottle you contact your Homœopath to arrange for the next one to be made up .
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