Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sighing , she swivelled round , looking at the cabin properly for the first time . |
| 2 | In a memorandum in that month of crisis the Ministry of Defence apparently for the first time addressed the issue of the foreign exchange costs of existing policy , in response to the claim by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the end of July that Britain 's overseas military expenditure was running at £140 million p.a . |
| 3 | The therapist agreed to see David daily for the next few days in order to provide him with support . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months . |
| 5 | But Williams steps aside for the second half which belongs to De Niro . |
| 6 | There were a good many farmers ' sons going in the doors of University College today for the first time . |
| 7 | Bay of Plenty showed the advantage of the special coaching which New Zealanders receive for such events when they romped to victory in the Melrose Sevens tournament , taking the prized trophy overseas for the third year in a row by defeating Kelso 19–12 in the final . |
| 8 | The one that eluded him was that of the Association of Golf Writers which , asked to nominate who had done most for European golf , decided on the Walker Cup team that went to the United States and won the trophy there for the first time . |
| 9 | The series moves to Candlestick Park tonight for the first of three games on the West Coast . |
| 10 | A further difficulty arose from the departure of a large number of middle-class families from the Belfast area to neighbouring dormitory towns , a migratory pattern in line with changes in the demography of British cities generally for the last two decades or so . |
| 11 | Commander Fairley saw at once the wisdom of keeping the two children of his first marriage together for the last years of their progress to maturity . |
| 12 | We read our lines together for the first time — but never as we would do them on the actual recording . |
| 13 | Shearer returns to The Dell for Blackburn tomorrow for the first time since his £3.6 million transfer in the summer , anxious to make life even more uneasy for Branfoot . |
| 14 | A young childless widow who does not qualify for either of these benefits will no longer be entitled to the weekly national insurance benefit even for the first 26 weeks . |
| 15 | So is anybody in immediate problems at the moment or you 're o Okay , so , I 'll , it 's your chance now to do some work then for the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 16 | had staged the epochal exhibition ‘ Manet and the Post-Impressionists ’ at the Grafton Gallery , when the work of Paul Cézanne , Gauguin , and Vincent Van Gogh was seen in England virtually for the first time . |
| 17 | You get Supplementary Benefit instead for the first six — |
| 18 | Rory Underwood 's try put England ahead for the first time in the match with just seven minutes to go after a spell of relentless pressure on the home side . |
| 19 | Again we talked about this last week , fifty weeks of the year you toil and you look forward to your holiday months in advance , you then take your holiday and somehow it recharges your batteries so that you 're ready to do battle again for the next fifty weeks . |
| 20 | In 1856 he exhibits on his lawn a stuffed crocodile he has brought back from the East : enabling it to bask in the sun again for the first time in 3,000 years . |
| 21 | He made the effort to say something pleasant to his wife and they drank a glass of wine together for the first time in weeks . |
| 22 | ‘ We brought him on this tour so he could develop , and I believe he could be the player to hold England 's batting together for the next ten years . ’ |
| 23 | It means giving a word of knowledge or prophecy perhaps for the first time . |
| 24 | Liverpool Ladies team travels to Blackpool tonight for a first round tie in the J.M. Rose Bowl . |
| 25 | DISCUSSIONS between management and representatives of the 1,300 striking manual workers at Yarrow took place yesterday for the first time since the dispute began 12 days ago . |
| 26 | I was calling the L-shaped room home for the first time , and thinking of it as such . |
| 27 | Watch the fish carefully for the next few hours — especially if there are other fish already in the tank . |
| 28 | Andy was re-admitted to hospital a couple of weeks later for the second operation . |
| 29 | Open me post now for the first time , oh oh that 's nice oh I can have a update for supply teachers , Wednesday the fifteenth of April , you baby sit for me ? |
| 30 | ‘ Doctor Little ! ’ repeated Tom loudly for the third time . |