Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 4 | Sterland came on for the last half-hour of this week 's 3-0 reserve team win over Manchester City at Maine Road , and yesterday declared : ‘ It went brilliantly . |
| 5 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 6 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 7 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 8 | The next report came in for the 3rd goal , and again said ‘ Leeds are beginning to get back into the match , but Norwich have scored a 3rd ’ … all other reports/comments just mention the goals . |
| 9 | Treleaven strolled out for the first play-off hole , the par-four 10th , and saw off all opposition with a birdie three on the second most difficult hole on the course . |
| 10 | Bordon came out for the second half in determined mood and soon Wilson made up for a number of misses by flicking in the third goal . |
| 11 | So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance . |
| 12 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 13 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 14 | He was also afraid that when he turned up for the next practice , Amber and Jeopardy 's argument would be resolved , and he would no longer be required . |
| 15 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 16 | Cal turned round for the first time and stared at Vern . |
| 17 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 18 | As the crews tied up for the last time in Southampton , watched , and waited for by families and friends they had n't seen for eight months , many of them agreed getting back to a routine , going back to work , might by tough . |
| 19 | The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church . |
| 20 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 21 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 22 | Then Murray Wallace surged over for the third try , making the score at half-time 20-0 . |
| 23 | On every leg they gave us a cheese roll and several cups of coffee , and by the time we took off for the third time we were wearing a rut in the carpet down the aisle to the tail-end gents . |
| 24 | Newport were in shreds as Marcus Hannaford cleaned up for the third try . |
| 25 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 26 | ‘ When you 've finished , it 'll look like a snooker table , ’ he said cheerfully , and , reversing deftly , he went back for the next lot . |
| 27 | I went on further , and their lightness and gleam had gone when I looked back for the last time . |
| 28 | Ho looked round for the first time at the massed ranks of Glories with their headlights blazing , and the two figures , stark in the hard glaring light of those headlights , seated opposite each other at the stone table under the Monument . |
| 29 | While Baldwin 's succession to Bonar Law in 1923 has been almost overdiscussed , practically no attention has been given to the way in which he slipped in for the third time in 1935 . |
| 30 | At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play . |