Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to relax for the first time . |
| 2 | He found underpricing for the first third of his data period , and overpricing for the remainder . |
| 3 | He has informed his doctors and begun the painful process to negate the effects of the hormones he has taken for the last nine months . |
| 4 | He 'd trusted for the last time . |
| 5 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 6 | I could see his jeans , shirts , jerseys , everything he needed to wear for the next two days , neatly folded in a drawer in Edinburgh . |
| 7 | Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall . |
| 8 | Further , on appointment he had realised for the first time that the eastern parts of the District remained largely undeveloped by the WEA . |
| 9 | He mounted the horse he had led for the last hour or so and walked it cautiously down into Buttermere which he entered with the utter conviction that he had been there before . |
| 10 | Mr McQuaker said he had just left work at the Haughton Road service station at 9pm as he had done for the last 25 years when the youths pounced . |
| 11 | He raised the mug to his lips and sipped the hot sugary tea , remembering the day when he had sat for the first time in Mr Corcoran 's office . |
| 12 | In the run-up to recognition , the commander of the Second Military District , General Milutin Kukanjao , hinted strongly that he wished to opt for the second option . |