Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [noun prp] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
2 | I meet Perry for the first time at the Starry Arms in Kentish Town . |
3 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
4 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
5 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
6 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
7 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
8 | This emerges in the form of a dreary Swedish mantra along the lines of ‘ He tried to beat mee , but I beat heem , and so I won Weembledon for the first time . ’ |
9 | She hated Nora for the double betrayal and swore that she would never forgive her . |
10 | To mark the country 's first successful bone marrow transplant involving an un-related donor , Norwegian television arranged for her to meet Janet for the first time in front of an estimated two-and-a-half million viewers . |
11 | Luton are likely to insist on recouping the £135,000 they paid Leeds for the veteran midfielder , even though Kamara turned 35 on Christmas Day . |
12 | Ironically , Gough 's rash challenge on Ferguson at Tannadice resulted in a booking which carries him over the disciplinary points threshold and costs Rangers the services of their captain when they visit Arbroath for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final tie on 6 March . |
13 | In his next letter , on his feet again , he thanks Theo for the enclosed 100 francs . |
14 | Now in January 1979 , as he fled Teheran for the second time in his life , the Shah had intended to fly on to America after just a few day in Egypt . |
15 | Goal machine Martin McGaughey , even deadlier than Cowan at his Linfield peak , had a chance to decide for himself when he faced Smith for the first time last week . |
16 | Berry dismisses criticism of climbs of this kind , made recently by Reinhiold Messner among others : ‘ It 's all very well for him to say this kind of thing , but when he climbed Everest for the first time without oxygen and on other occasions , he was quite happy to make use of heavyweight-style expeditions . |
17 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
18 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota hopes that flattery will get it everywhere in Japan , and so it chose Tokyo for the worldwide launch of a range of new models in its C90 line to replace the existing Y-MP machines . |
19 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota hopes that flattery will get it everywhere in Japan , and so it chose Tokyo for the worldwide launch of a range of new models in its C90 line to replace the existing Y-MP machines . |
20 | Stipends were generally better in town churches : when Joseph Parker began his ministry in Banbury in 1853 he received 50s. a week or £130 p.a. although when he left Banbury for the affluent Cavendish Street Chapel in Manchester in 1858 his income jumped to £1,700 . |
21 | When the immediate formalities were over , he left Algeria for the last time , and flew back to Paris , where he shut himself away in the house at St-Cloud , seeing no one . |