Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People began throwing suggestions at him , some kindly , some less so , as the same shops came zinging past for the third and fourth times . |
| 2 | It was only when he was confronted by God , broken and forced to give up his pride , that he began to see clearly for the first time the vast difference between living a self-directed life and living for God . |
| 3 | This was acquired in the early ‘ twenties by the Noyce family and they continued trading there for the next sixty years . |
| 4 | Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade . |
| 5 | After an hour of this , the pike left it alone and when it had done so for the fifth time , El-ahrairah swam across himself and went home . |
| 6 | They had done so for the last forty-five years . |
| 7 | They had done so for the last forty-five years |
| 8 | When the gravel was exposed , a stream of clean water flowed from it and continued to do so for the next 7 days . |
| 9 | I remember my excitement when I had arrived there for the first time from St Aubyn 's . |
| 10 | However , Parke may soon be at the heels of Del Harris , the 20-year-old England No. 1 who had to battle hard for the second day in succession . |
| 11 | The thick grey hair had been tinted a reddish brown , a process to which she had succumbed only for the last two years , having previously been free in expressing her opinion of those stupid women who aimed to camouflage their age by dyeing their hair . |