Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We played with Gary player for the first two rounds and he was as miserable as sin about our luck with the weather because we caught it again for the second round . |
| 2 | It really would be very much more practical to have her hair cut , she told herself severely for the umpteenth time , but the simple truth was that she liked having her hair long , loved the feeling of the heavy silken strands on her skin . |
| 3 | You did the wise thing , calling a halt when you did , she told herself sharply for the umpteenth time . |
| 4 | Impulses of attraction towards beautiful forms or faces troubled him frequently for the next two years at Oxford . |
| 5 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 6 | Our fleet now consisted of three " V " vessels , Venturous , Vigilant and Valiant , all well equipped , modern , purpose-built patrol boats which were worked hard and served us well for the next ten years . |
| 7 | He addressed us now for the first time , in far more lucid Indonesian than we had ever heard from his elders . |
| 8 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 9 | Jinny remembered Bella 's words and understood them properly for the first time . |