Example sentences of "the house for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since that night when , with their father away inspecting a distant building site , they had been left alone in the house for the first time , and the ‘ broth ’ had decided to wreak mayhem . |
| 2 | Late on the afternoon of her third day Delia Sutherland left the house for the first time . |
| 3 | When a bill has been negotiated in this way and drafted , it is then presented to the House for the first time . |
| 4 | Master Vechey was here when Brother Athelstan and I came to the house for the first time . |
| 5 | He ran round to the back of the house for the second time . |
| 6 | After several days of dividing their possessions into things they wished to keep and things which could be given away or sold , they were ready to leave the house for the last time . |
| 7 | Then the removal men came out of the house for the last time , wiping their brows on their once-white aprons , and then they helped down from the van a little old lady . |
| 8 | Coming back round by the house for the third time , she got quite above herself , and the bike began to wobble alarmingly as she fought to control it . |
| 9 | The Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill , which affects my constituency and is returning to the House for the third time , now has an EIS which has been published and is freely available to the hon. Members in the Vote Office . |