Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said politely , ‘ Would you like to come in for a last drink ? ’ |
| 2 | Now the Japanese are gearing up for a third try . |
| 3 | Should n't we be opening our universities to older people , for people to come back for a second dose as it were , for retraining and so on ? |
| 4 | But Solomona caused more havoc with another explosive burst and the ball was fanned right for full-back Sean Tyrer to stroll over for a sixth Oldham try . |
| 5 | Lio ! rt came in for a second run , but slower this time to allow for the big man 's unexpected agility . |
| 6 | When I was driving my new Granada in 1989 and dropped a friend down the road , a police car came past , saw the car with a black man driving it , circled round and came back for a second check . |
| 7 | The parents of the kids at the school where Mrs Rogers taught had her barred from the school , in case the hit squad came back for a second try . |
| 8 | I shall have to be looking out for a second hand bike-y just for the occasional trip into town without getting Stuey out of bed so I be a bit more independent than just bothering you all time , if I just wan na pop anywhere . |
| 9 | The first attempt was almost a disaster , but he got the plane up again and came round for a second shot . |
| 10 | SHOULD Selkirk fail to make the grade and drop out for a fourth spell in Division II , they will at least on this occasion descend with honour . |
| 11 | Tory turned back for a last look at the rejected blooms as the ponies moved off . |
| 12 | As the entrance requirements for universities , colleges and the professions have become more demanding in recent years , so increasing numbers have stayed on for a Sixth Year to study for Certificate of Sixth Year Studies examinations , to take ‘ crash ’ courses or modules in new subjects or to upgrade their existing results . |
| 13 | For Scottish students staying on for a sixth year , a CSYS course ( if available ) , will provide an excellent introduction to the kind of study undertaken at university . |
| 14 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 15 | There is still a month of the fitness challenge to run and participants are being invited back for a second assessment . |
| 16 | ‘ Dutch elm disease is a terrible thing , ’ said Mr Molesworth , corning round for a second time . |
| 17 | The Congress ( I ) Chief Minister , Pratap Singh Rane , who had been acting in a caretaker capacity after the legislative elections , was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister . |
| 18 | Following the narrow victory of the Dominica Freedom Party ( DFP ) in the general election of May 28 [ see pp. 37448-49 ] , Eugenia Charles was sworn in for a third consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister and in early June announced sweeping changes to her Cabinet . |
| 19 | Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister on June 29 at the head of a CPI(M)-led government . |
| 20 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 21 | The CPI(M) was returned to power in State Assembly elections held in May 1991 ; Jyoti Basu was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in June [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 22 | President Hafez al-Assad was sworn in for a fourth term in office on March 12 . |
| 23 | Wetherall was up at one point and had two shots blocked before coming back for a third and putting the ball in the net . |
| 24 | The Rothmans Honda team member broke his right leg in five places when he went down for a second time during the opening championship round on a wet Suzuka circuit . |
| 25 | On every channel earnest-looking men with maps and pointers , looking like war-gamers in some fiendish Pentagon basement , demonstrate — predict , even — the inch-by-inch path that the storm is taking , noting that it usually passes off to the north , but may perhaps curve back upon itself and go in for a second strike . |
| 26 | Apollon did n't help their cause when they had Marios Charalambous sent off for a second bookable offence a minute before the break . |
| 27 | Go back for a second glance — is that really me ? |
| 28 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 29 | Scrum-half Rob Nolan chipped ahead , beat Steve Hampson to the ball , and sent the supporting O'Donnell scampering over for a 69th minute try . |
| 30 | Jeffrey Archer and Sir Tim Bell sailed resolutely towards the lobsters and champagne as the Tories cast off for a fourth term in office . |