Example sentences of "[pron] for the [adj] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 2 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 3 | Towards the end of the second year some major or joint students of History undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for the final year and for the world of work . |
| 4 | Samuel Pipkin was tensing himself for the coming life and death struggle this evening , when the vital decision would be made by the Prince of Wales , and Mr Thackeray would be avenged . |
| 5 | ‘ I feel I should write and thank you for the smooth transition and vast improvement to the standard of cleaning at our premises . |
| 6 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 7 | If you decide to use an insecticide , choose the most appropriate one for the affected plant and the pest concerned to avoid injuring beneficial insects . |
| 8 | Using one for the main yarn and one for the weaving yarn , you can produce very serviceable everyday fabrics , for everyday garments . |
| 9 | was there for the right moment and the right man . |
| 10 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 11 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 12 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 13 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 14 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |
| 15 | But nothing had prepared her for the monumental size and sheer glamour of the building . |
| 16 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |