Example sentences of "[adv] for a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , Mel was good enough for a first team place in our first year back and did OK . |
| 2 | " Dogs first " — that would take an immoderate time — perhaps long enough for a third drink . |
| 3 | There had been a period when he allowed Barbara Castle , Dick Crossman and George Wigg , all of whom suffered from the belief that politics was a conspiracy , to influence him too much , but in later years he had broken free from them and I suddenly realised how much I had got used to him being there to shoulder the final responsibility , to feeling able to turn to him naturally for a second opinion and for well-informed advice . |
| 4 | It is bad enough to fail one 's driving test once ; to do so for a second time reinforces the sense of hopelessness in the learner 's mind — he now has twice as many failures to build upon — so that he uses his ability to visualize in an even more negative fashion . |
| 5 | What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ? |
| 6 | Recording will begin shortly for a second title , Better Than Life , which is due in the autumn . |
| 7 | This is Quaking Pot , a sinkhole with a stream descending into the depths where passages extend southwards for a third of a mile to a depth measured as 467 feet . |
| 8 | Liverpool Ladies team travels to Blackpool tonight for a first round tie in the J.M. Rose Bowl . |
| 9 | Sherwood Foresters. last week at Aldershot , 28 Amphibious Engineer Regt. , B.A.O.R. champions already for a third year , beat U.K champions 2 Infantry Division Signal Regt. , York , 2–0 in this year 's Army final to equal the record . |
| 10 | Elizabeth and Harry had been married for ten years , both for a second time . |
| 11 | The bedsides of the dying were therefore thronged , not only by pastors saying prayers , but also by relatives and friends , listening attentively for a last instructive word or , in the case of a sinner , for some hopeful indication that all was not lost . |
| 12 | His solid , highly watchable production , like Mr Hoffman 's performance , leaves one thinking about this endlessly debated play without for a second being challenged or moved by it . |
| 13 | Will Carling 's squad expect to confirm their status as Europe 's top team by beating Wales at Twickenham tomorrow for a second Grand Slam . |
| 14 | I sit there for a second thinking , No , it ca n't be … |
| 15 | It 's been kept on there for a second week with good houses and rave reviews from Time Out , What 's On and Spare Rib . |
| 16 | ‘ I took her there for a last relaxing evening before we threw ourselves into the election campaign . |
| 17 | His bill now goes forward for a second reading but stands a slim chance of becoming law . |
| 18 | Douglas chased the German back over Edinburgh again for a second time , so low that ‘ grannies ’ fell off chimneys and empty cartridge cases rained in back-gardens . |
| 19 | The Ulsterman has decided to remain faithful to 1991 Champion hero Morley Street , as Toby Balding 's eight-year-old clashes with Granville Again for a second time this season . |
| 20 | When the smoke really thins out , thin blue smoke , rap on it , give the whole tin a shake and it 'll suddenly burst into thick smoke for a few minutes and it may do that again for a second time . |
| 21 | Not only that ; that 's where they get their instructions , because sometimes some of them go out again for a second time to take part in another incident . |
| 22 | Mr Papandreou , aged 70 , is under increasing pressure to reach a compromise solution with his political opponents as Greek voters have no desire to go to the polls again for a third time in less than six months . |
| 23 | Another offshore contract is with British Gas Exploration and Production in Morecambe Bay , which was renewed recently for a second four year period . |
| 24 | Tomorrow , she promised — not of course that Ven was likely to want to accompany her anywhere for a third day in a row — but tomorrow she would insist on going sightseeing on her own . |
| 25 | Export orders declined significantly for a sixth successive quarter . |