Example sentences of "[pron] was [vb pp] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was abused for the first time at three years old . |
| 2 | ‘ I was asked for the first time last week what I 'd do if we got into the Premier League . |
| 3 | And , if any other recommendation be needed , I was asked for the second time to be coach monitor on our outing to Brighton , so you can see that I must be OK . |
| 4 | The proclamation may not have had the effect which was desired for the next lease to come to light is 17 years later , between Sir John Pennington bart. , and Thomas Gorsuch of London , described as a goldsmith . |
| 5 | driving even further than spain is the Oxfordshire team of Francis Tuthill and Anthony Showell … the winners of the London to Sydney car marathon … are the first to enter the London to Mexico marathon which was unveiled for the first time this week … |
| 6 | Such a requirement for express agreement of admissions policy is difficult to reconcile with the more limited requirement that governors should simply ‘ consult ’ the local education authority which was introduced for the first time by section 33 of the Act of 1986 . |
| 7 | Thereafter , possibly because the magazine began to appear more irregularly , Minton produced one further design , showing pages of manuscript fluttering down between buildings , and which was used for the next seven issues . |
| 8 | North-East champion Brian Rushworth finished a best-ever 11th in the senior men 's race , which was won for the second time by Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres gold medallist Eamonn Martin , of Basildon . |
| 9 | I well remember the first one to be accepted , ‘ ’ Firmly I believe and truly ’ , which was sung for the first time at the dedication of Holy Cross College . |
| 10 | Her mother was a true believer in Christ , and after she was widowed for the second time , she came to live in Kidderminster in 1658 . |
| 11 | She was captured for the second time and remains disappeared . |
| 12 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
| 13 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 14 | When a dispute arose under the contract , it was discovered for the first time that the copy returned by B had a number of terms printed on the back , in German , including a clause conferring jurisdiction in relation to disputes under the contract on the German courts . |
| 15 | It was certified for the first time in 1986 . |
| 16 | At last , wonder of wonders it was finished for the second time , I tried it on and it drowned me . |
| 17 | Car 127 was a similar snow plough , based at Fleetwood depot , where it survived until 1960 , when it was restored for the 75th Anniversary and re-numbered 2 , its Company number . |
| 18 | Fair-haired , but perhaps somewhat slight of build for the rigours of the lower reaches of the Football League , Bernard was certainly a fast and cagey winger , and his talent was recognised when he was selected for the 3rd Division South representative side against the 3rd Division North , in the fifth and final match between them at Selhurst Park on 30 October 1957 . |
| 19 | In December 1954 he was ridden for the first time by the reigning champion jockey Dick Francis : after the race Francis told Cazalet that he would like to ride Devon Loch one day in the Grand National … |
| 20 | He was chosen for the first match but had to drop out with food poisoning . |
| 21 | When the National Insurance Act was introduced in 1911 it also provided sickness benefits of 10s. per week for men , 7s. 6d. for women ( because their loss of earnings during sickness was lower than that of men ) for the first thirteen weeks of sickness , although nothing was paid for the first three days , the aim being to help long-rather than trivial short-term sickness ; 5s. per week was paid to men and women for the following thirteen weeks . |