Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The doctor came for the last time and said , ‘ Yes , he 's going now . ’ |
| 32 | Beta for the 486 version has stretched to September with OEM delivery rescheduled for the fourth quarter and the likelihood of shrink-wrap pushed into 1993 . |
| 33 | America 's four-jet airliner flew for the first time on July 15 , 1954 and immediately revolutionised the world of mass air travel . |
| 34 | When Israel was in exile in Babylon the nation looked for a second exodus ( Isaiah 51:9–11 ) . |
| 35 | Of these only the last item appeared for the first time in this volume . |
| 36 | MR Ladislav Adamec , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , threatened to quit last night , as hard bargaining continued for a second day with the opposition over the shape of the new government . |
| 37 | The pill swapping continued for the next couple of weeks , showing no difference in the population of Xenly . |
| 38 | A YOUNGER set of judges would provide a better image to the public : so says Mr Harold Hewitt , who last weekend sat for the last time , retiring for the second time at the age of 75 . |
| 39 | It is suggestive that during his reign military uniform became for the first time permissible dress at the Habsburg court . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | Even the Ottoman empire began for the first time in its history to acquire some more or less clearly defined boundaries when , after the treaty of Carlowitz of 1699 , joint commissions were set up to demarcate its frontiers with Habsburg territory . |
| 42 | Last night , members of Pringle 's family spoke for the first time about police handling of the siege . |
| 43 | It introduced greater facilities for synthesis , and the Areas Table appeared for the first time . |
| 44 | From 1865 , however , the foreign office had for the first time a department concerned entirely with commercial affairs . |