Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Welcome to Molyneux , Headley , Brian Horton 's with me , the United manager because he was brought up in this part of the world , must be very proud of what you brought up here for the second half Brian , but so disappointed after that first half showing . |
| 3 | The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year . |
| 4 | Constance had been sound asleep for an hour before the double-engined train began to jerk laboriously out of the station , leaving many travellers on the platform to wait who knew how long for the next express . |
| 5 | Each time he scrambled out , took a short rest , and set out again for the next refuge . |