Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’
2 With the playback that in fact erm as has said it showed me what in fact I was doing right and wrong , erm I 've been on television before once when I was running the London marathon but this time it was actually me and me alone in a work element and I could in fact see what I was doing and why I was doing it and understand in fact the corrections from the morning to in fact the afternoon presentation when I came back for the second one .
3 He told me , before I first went to England in 1947 , to make sure I came back for the next Australian season so that I would be eligible for selection for the '48 tour .
4 And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome .
5 I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me .
6 Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up .
7 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
8 I went on further , and their lightness and gleam had gone when I looked back for the last time .
9 In the meantime , as I recall , er I I asked him who he was and I asked his wife who he was because he had asked what we were doing in his house and when he said his house , I thought then for the first time that perhaps this was n't who er we had on the floor .
10 I went yesterday for the first time .
11 One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’
12 And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it .
13 I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened .
14 She realised now for the first time that she had left her purse behind in Edward 's room .
15 When you walk you wait there for the first time do n't you ?
16 When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss .
17 She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs
18 What I 'd like you to do just for the last ten minutes is to think of a member of staff you have who has a training need and think about how you will go about training them and the methods that you will use .
19 She went home for the first time after twelve weeks … but she 's been in and out of the unit constantly ever since .
20 She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place .
21 She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there .
22 So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance .
23 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
24 Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope .
25 On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents .
26 We did so for the next three years .
27 ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge .
28 They holed up for the next two days in Leatherslade Farm House … at Oakley twenty seven miles away .
29 DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side .
30 To all of them , Fry is Barnet , and without him there , few will have good reason to stay at Underhill , particularly as they alleged publicly for the first time yesterday that chairman Stan Flashman had physically threatened them .
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