Example sentences of "for [art] [num ord] [noun] [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Instead of resting on its fundraising laurels , it has for the second year turned to race organising as a means of generating essential revenue .
2 After that , strangely , for the first time began to feel the glow of achievement .
3 Her heart sank as she remembered the phone call which for the first time began to make sense .
4 But at the conference it was for the first time agreed to allow the constituency parties to elect their own separate representatives to the National Executive , and this at once led to the appearance in this category of Sir Stafford Cripps , Professor Harold Laski and D. N. Pritt — all advocates of close collaboration with the Communist Party , and Pritt indistinguishable from an actual card-carrying member .
5 Mine Host Norman raised his glass of Highland Park whisky yesterday and for the first time managed to raise a smile from the assembled guests .
6 Once the last post had been played two thousand eyes closed , as soldiers under canvas for the first time tried to sleep .
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