Example sentences of "came [adv] for [art] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults !
2 It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time .
3 Four of the five protagonists of this story — Greco-Macedonians , Romans , Jews and Celts — came together for the first time in the Hellenistic period .
4 When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss .
5 ‘ Greed came in for the first time .
6 Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room .
7 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 .
8 So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance .
9 She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs
10 And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome .
11 She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time .
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