Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sir John let go for the second time at the age of 86 in 1982 , he put Littlewoods in the hands of the first non-family chairman . |
| 2 | To see this , imagine repeating for a second country the process just described for the first . |
| 3 | I begin to appreciate for the first time , as I stand here on the outside looking in , how very reserved is the world in which we work . |
| 4 | Jordanova suggests that the search to define femininity by recourse to anatomy was a search for aesthetic and moral ideals at the same time ; she says of these models , ‘ The figures of recumbent women seem to convey for the first time the sexual potential of medical anatomy . ’ |
| 5 | I was in touch several times by telephone , and I remember noticing for the first time a slight labouring for breath on his part , which was to become increasingly marked . |
| 6 | You have to pick yourself up when you get rebuffed for the thousandth time , and despite the discouragement , do n't lose heart . |
| 7 | Yet I keep changing , keep searching for the next challenge . |
| 8 | Soon after your arrival you 're interviewed and put on what 's called ‘ house assessment ’ — house cleaning for the first five weeks — whilst the screws work out what would be the best work for you . |
| 9 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
| 10 | That I 've done for the first time in my life something original . |
| 11 | I 've miss I 've missed for the last few weeks . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've suspected for the last two weeks . |
| 13 | Often parents bring their children with them when they come to visit for the first time . |
| 14 | I 'm not going to go into any length about the community arts budget , that is one area of service provision that we feel , and I 've said for the last two years , does not provide value for money . |
| 15 | And more particularly in Appendix Three , you 've got for the first time , individual chief officers and general managers comments , for achieving a better equal opportunity profile in their department or unit . |
| 16 | What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time . |
| 17 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 18 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 19 | Figures we 've obtained for the first three months of this year show astonishing variations in cautioning rates across Kent . |
| 20 | After that come more advanced techniques which students need to perform for the next grading . |
| 21 | Mr Tebbit , the ex-party chairman and MP for Chingford , asked Mr Hurd ‘ whether the pledge that we have given for the last four general elections , that there would be no further large-scale immigration , still stands or not ? ’ |
| 22 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 23 | Average property yields have fallen for the second consecutive quarter to 9.2pc , according to property agent Hillier Parker . |
| 24 | COT deaths in England and Wales have fallen for the third consecutive year , Government figures revealed yesterday . |
| 25 | But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year . |
| 26 | In Birmingham , the dealers have gathered for the 11th British Antiques Fair ( Thursday to the following Wednesday ) , while over the Border , there is still time to catch Pen Panting 's second one-man show , at the Glasgow Print Studio . |
| 27 | COT deaths in England and Wales have dropped for the third year in succession . |
| 28 | Paul and Sarah Davison retained the junior doubles title they have won for the last two years . |
| 29 | Dozens of children who survived a rare blood disorder have met for the first time at a special party . |
| 30 | I am afraid that while this ban is in force my wife and I will not be trading in Darlington as we have done for the last 20 years . |