Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | are the relatively simple techniques relating to the facts about costs and outputs — numbers of staff , numbers of applications dealt with capable of being developed to deal with far more complex questions about outcomes : what did this activity actually achieve , in terms of modernizing British industry … improving the nation 's health , or educating it for the 21st century ? |
| 2 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 3 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 4 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 5 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 6 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 7 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 8 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 9 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 10 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 11 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 12 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 13 | Regina Royal Ginseng and Regina Evening Primrose Oil take those two remarkable natural substances and combine them for the first time with Regina 's fresh Royal Jelly . |
| 14 | Two men climb the rock to check that all has been eaten and to clean it for the next burial . |
| 15 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 16 | There Rowicki created the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , building it from scratch and directing it for the next five years . |
| 17 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 18 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 19 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 20 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
| 21 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |
| 22 | And join us for the first day of the Henley Royal Regatta for a parade of feasting , fashion and rowing . |
| 23 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 24 | Here to stay for at least for another year and to haunt me for the next fifteen . |
| 25 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |
| 26 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 27 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 28 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |