Example sentences of "[adv] for the [num ord] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | But he declined to say whether the inspectors — two teams acting together for the first time in Iraq — had found any of the Scud missiles the United Nations thinks Iraq is hiding . |
| 33 | So Frances and Mrs Malloy — four grown-up children and seven grandchildren — danced together for the last couple of hours . |
| 34 | Commander Fairley saw at once the wisdom of keeping the two children of his first marriage together for the last years of their progress to maturity . |
| 35 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 36 | Meanwhile for the first time since 1863 , the needy of Herefordshire will no longer be able to look to the sisters of Bartestree for compassion and care . |
| 37 | Meanwhile for the first time since 1863 , the needy of Herefordshire will no longer be able to look to the sisters of Bartestree for compassion and care . |
| 38 | President George Bush , responding formally for the first time on May 3 to a growing controversy , rejected as " sickening " the allegation that he had participated in a secret Paris meeting with Iranian officials in 1980 in order to reap electoral advantage by delaying the release of 52 US hostages held in Iran . |
| 39 | Do not give the child eggs , fish , chocolate , wheat , oranges , peanuts or other nuts for at least the first six months , and preferably for the first year of life . |
| 40 | KEVIN COOMBS Norman Lamont arrives yesterday for the first meeting of the Cabinet since the Budget |
| 41 | THE new crew of that colourful Clyde puffer , the Vital Spark , gathered yesterday for the first time aboard the vessel made famous in the Neil Munro tales . |
| 42 | Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade . |
| 43 | There were a lot a lot involved there er and some of you actually found that that there was quite a lot that you really had to almost worry about and think about and and er yesterday for the first time of doing it with this this new method it does take quite a bit of thinking about and as we agreed practice is is what 's what 's important .. |
| 44 | Some were able to return home yesterday for the first time since Thursday . |
| 45 | Hodgson was in the witness box yesterday for the first time in the trial — now in its fifth week . |
| 46 | ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months . |
| 47 | A FRENCH prisoner in Nazi Germany who stayed behind the Iron Curtain after the Second World War for the love of a Ukrainian woman returned home yesterday for the first time in 52 years . |
| 48 | Mr Ashdown descended on the area yesterday for the third time in his marathon campaign amid growing recognition among Tories that the South-West could prove their Achilles ' heel , a danger underlined by the Press Association opinion poll which showed a swing against the Conservatives in the region of six per cent . |
| 49 | The 12 governors met yesterday for the third time in a week at Bush House , in London . |
| 50 | She went home for the first time after twelve weeks … but she 's been in and out of the unit constantly ever since . |
| 51 | You go to the most wonderful places , you STAND in Soweto outside Nelson Mandela 's little house and watch him come home for the first time in 25 years . |
| 52 | We did find the Hall that was to be home for the next couple of nights , with a note pinned to the door giving directions to the pub where the rest of the Society had gathered . |
| 53 | Once out of Leopold 's sight , Wolfgang began to enjoy himself without restriction , possibly for the first time in his life . |
| 54 | For women whose kitchens have been their own , it seems to come naturally enough to share the domestic space in the refuge and at least here they have a room of their own — possibly for the first time in their lives . |
| 55 | He was at the rehearsal , needless to say , having , possibly for the first time in his life , followed his agent 's advice . |
| 56 | Neil 's PR is now at the door , signalling frantically for the second time in two minutes . |
| 57 | You feel you are standing up straight for the first time in your life ; you can do anything while this feeling lasts , you can take on the world . |
| 58 | Since July profits have picked up slightly for the first time in 18 months . |
| 59 | We have arrived exactly over the quarter-point from a position slightly south of our line 's origin ( i.e. , from the downwind leg at Gransden ) so must adjust our heading slightly for the next leg to the half-way mark . |
| 60 | The story weaves the Japanese viewpoint widely through the film and presents , probably for the first time to most movie viewers , a rational reason why the Japanese felt they had to attack the United States or suffer as a second-class nation . |