Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | ‘ That was the FRG from Soltau — they 've cleared most of the tasks from last night , less a Chieftain power pack change that 's in hand and one badly bogged tank — they 're having to find a route in for a second armoured recovery vehicle , and , of course , the last Challenger pack change — how are the lads doing on those packs that came in this morning ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was n't going to come charging back , forcing her to remember things she had worked long and hard to forget , turning her entire world upside down for a second time . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought I might have to sell my ticket , ’ added Birch , who returned to action yesterday for the first time in six months . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 11 | It may also be useful to have a risk management consultant in for the first few meetings , if only to kick-start the process and provide a few , objective ‘ what if ? ’ questions . |
| 12 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 13 | As Strachan was clearly knackered at the end of it , I thought he could have had a run out for the last 10 mins or so . |
| 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 | You get Supplementary Benefit instead for the first six — |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | It means giving a word of knowledge or prophecy perhaps for the first time . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I was calling the L-shaped room home for the first time , and thinking of it as such . |
| 25 | Australia , battered by Larwood and Voce , were ready to call Darling up for the fourth Test . |
| 26 | The film charts the efforts of a dodgy theatre manager trying to lure the singer back for a last encore . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | But the only , I think the only course he 'll pass is mucking about course , let's see who can muck about for the next three years the most . |
| 29 | I think it would be extremely prudent of you to keep a very low profile indeed for the next few days . ’ |
| 30 | Some 500 psychologists from all parts of the world meet in Scarborough next month when the British Psychological Society holds its conference there for the first time . |