Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days .
2 The Russian spoke for the first time .
3 Some of the fans remember it , their memory jogged by the 3p programme which the club reproduced for the last round against Bromsgrove .
4 Some of the fans remember it , their memory jogged by the 3p programme which the club reproduced for the last round against Bromsgrove .
5 The sum of£3 8s 6d was raised in this way , and the practice continued for the next eighty years .
6 The Legal Services Committee continued in 1992 where it left off in 1991 and in January 1992 representatives of the committee appeared for the third time before the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct .
7 Two days passed , and on Sunday , 16 December , the schooner tried for a second time to get to Fort Davey but was forced back .
8 ‘ Good boy , ’ the Italian said for the last time , thickly , breathless .
9 The man in the chair spoke for the first time .
10 Although the accommodation remained spartan with bunk beds arranged in segregated dormitories , nevertheless , at a cost fixed at 1/ per night plus a shilling for breakfast , extended holidays in the countryside became for the first time a practical possibility for thousands previously denied them .
11 Well , we really got on well together , and when the bell rang for the first round we went on to the first tee and an official is there to check out which clubs and what type of ball Butch is using .
12 If only — the thought came for the first time — if only she had stayed with Papa !
13 When Israel was in exile in Babylon the nation looked for a second exodus ( Isaiah 51:9–11 ) .
14 The doctor came for the last time and said , ‘ Yes , he 's going now . ’
15 Despite publicity about their strict code of conduct , it was obvious that the rules had been broken because when the time came for the first troupe to go home , John was astounded to learn that eight out of the sixteen had married during the run and intended to remain behind and every one of the other eight was engaged .
16 A separation appeared for the first time between design and production .
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