Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [adj] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Byas , opening for the first time this season in any competition , hit his first century in one day cricket as Yorkshire cruised to a nine-wicket win over Derbyshire with 39 balls to spare . |
2 | paying for the bloody machine that er |
3 | racing for the last time this season are swindon speedway … it 's the riders championship there on Sunday … a meeting not to be missed |
4 | Archie 's Nephew , a stable-companion of Rushing Wild , was scoring for the first time this season , having acted as a schoolmaster for novice riders in several earlier runs . |
5 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
6 | He began to work on the body , aiming for the solar plexus all the time . |