Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | The clowning begins right from the start , with him snatching up the Sony the minute it 's on the table , talking into it conspiratorially for the next hour in his trademark , Looney Toons drawl , playing dumb , hijacking questions and spinning them into semantic hyperspace , treating any attempt at conversation as one big word association game ( ’ No , I 'm not a geek ; I 'm a geek orthodox ’ ) . |
2 | Leaving Hong Kong had not just removed her from the battlefield ; it had left them alone in it together for the first time in their lives . |
3 | We should be getting at least to March all supplied from us now for the next three or four months it should all be from us . |
4 | I think it dawned on him then for the first time that there were two streams , and that the pond was not formed by Burden Creek . |
5 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
6 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |