Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about this time , the BBC offered him a World Service job based in London and , at the age of 30 , he came here for the first time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The charter provides evidence of a surprisingly well-worked-out system to ensure castle-guard of the town : in April , May , June , July and August , it was the count 's responsibility , though he paid only for the first two months directly out of his own treasury ; , the inhabitants of the town produced a tax for the following three . |
| 4 | Last week he walked upstairs for the first time in three years and just burst into tears . |
| 5 | More than 20 years since he started flying , he went solo for the first time . |
| 6 | ‘ When you 've finished , it 'll look like a snooker table , ’ he said cheerfully , and , reversing deftly , he went back for the next lot . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He smiled then for the first time , and the smile lightened his face to a sudden , vivid charm . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | King Hussein delivered a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 5 in which he spoke publicly for the first time about his recent cancer surgery in the United States [ see p. 39118 ] , announcing that he would have to undergo further tests in the USA . |