Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 2 | I crumpled this ticket and waited for the next to be called . |
| 3 | Gingerly , sweating , I curled my left hand behind my back and felt for the third arrow , and found it sticking out of my jersey though fairly loose in my hand . |
| 4 | Nadine clicked her tongue and smiled for the first time . |
| 5 | It was when I took my jacket off and stood before a mirror and saw for the first time that all I was was a pair of scarlet braces , that I realised that evangelism was n't enough . |
| 6 | Doris smoothed a hand over her rounded knee and waited for the next question . |
| 7 | He swung one foot out , to the next joist , then put out one hand and felt for the next rafter ; he transferred his weight carefully . |
| 8 | Burton has declared that it was when he was performing that scene on the stage that he felt the hairs on his neck stand on end and knew for the first time the power he could have over an audience . |
| 9 | In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office . |