Example sentences of "[vb past] up for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Piece of cake , ’ Nails agreed as they lined up for the first time on the pool edge . |
| 2 | Late in March Mahmoud showed up for the first time since the Yanks had moved out . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play . |
| 5 | The Queen , the unit 's colonel-in-chief , stood watching a final march past by as the corps band struck up for the last time . |
| 6 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |