Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [noun prp] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1886 Lottie Dod , aged fourteen , beat Maud Watson for the first time in the final at the Bath tournament to win the West of England title . |
| 2 | The Beazer Homes League visitors have displayed a knack this season of stealing last-gasp cup match goals , and it was another 89th minute affair which helped check Cornard for the second time in two months . |
| 3 | BORIS BECKER yesterday beat John McEnroe for the eighth time in 10 meetings . |
| 4 | He interviewed Mick Jagger for the first issue of May . |
| 5 | The Reykjavik summit , when President Reagan met Mr Gorbachev for the second time , led to a notable strain between Washington and London . |
| 6 | On the same Toronto junket , following a rather splendid lunch at the Granite Club with a friend from CFRB , I met Roy Thomson for the first time . |
| 7 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 8 | Claire Clairmont saw Lord Byron for the last time in November 1821 , when her carriage was edged off the road outside Empoli by his magnificent coach and four with its wagon train and travelling menagerie . |
| 9 | I turned and saw Dorian Gray for the first time . |
| 10 | On his brief visit to Cambodia he met Dith Pran for the first time , but his longest stretch was from the beginning of January 1975 until the fall of Phnom Penh in April of that year . |
| 11 | His team just escaped relegation from Division One but after a disastrous run at the start of the following season , he left Maine Road for the last time . |
| 12 | ‘ The square on the hypotenuse , ’ said Percy Makepeace for the tenth time . |