Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Minutes later we are heading for a small island group north of Vengsøya , to round that and head on for the next .
2 Wings appear externally for the first time and the insect takes on the appearance of an adult .
3 Try explaining it to Ashley as he sits in the back of the minibus watching the streets of Salzburg slip by for the last time as — filming finished — we begin the journey back home .
4 A REVOLUTIONARY new Siberian surgery technique could help people in Teesside suffering from bone problems walk properly for the first time .
5 Aid workers say Central Bosnia , cut off for the first time this Winter by the war between Croats and Muslims , is facing a humanitarian catastrophe .
6 When you walk you wait there for the first time do n't you ?
7 Clear away for the next course , ’ said Rose .
8 He took off the first slice , you know the rather well-done , brown bit at the end , and laid it on one side of the serving dish and then he cut the next slice off for the first lady and so on . ’
9 Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain .
10 Make a note of these in your garden diary , and watch carefully for the first sign of bud swelling , for they will need pruning first .
11 DUNCAN FERGUSON and Scott Booth will this afternoon get the opportunity to justify Craig Brown 's opinion that they are full internationalists of the future when they team up for the first time in Scotland 's Under-21 side .
12 Sometimes I drop out for the first verse of songs and let Keith do rhythm and then I come back in for the second verse ; it brings the level of intensity right up .
13 And look out for the first Birthday File coming up soon !
14 Tomorrow look out for the last two — from Germany and Britain 's very own Silverstone .
15 Look out for the next genuine opportunity to praise your child for some acceptable behaviour .
16 ‘ So if you want to hear the most wretched sound ever invented , just look out for the next album … ! ’
17 International : Iran election feeds debate on ‘ Islamic solution ’ Iranians vote today for the first time since Khomeini died .
18 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
19 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
20 Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope .
21 as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness .
22 Gregor Townsend later managed to pass to the referee — clad in near identical colours to the Scots — for the Samoans to plunder ball and scuttle in for the first of their three tries , though it might have been more had we not seen defensive heroics typified by a timely tackle on Leilane Une by Derek Turnbull .
23 Marr watches ‘ Ouija Board ’ go down for the last time
24 Turn inland for the last few miles . ’
25 ‘ Sadly , it seems that some young people find it difficult to adjust when they leave home for the first time . ’
26 She 's the kind of person who 'd probably forget to eat or sleep for days while she was painting , then eat ravenously for the next week to make up , if she could .
27 As one seminar is brought to conclusion plans forge ahead for the next and 1992 is no exception .
28 AN ERA ends today when the shutters come down for the last time at the Owen Owen store in Liverpool .
29 You go to the most wonderful places , you STAND in Soweto outside Nelson Mandela 's little house and watch him come home for the first time in 25 years .
30 I drifted after the three of them to watch the runners come out for the third race and was n't far behind them when they walked right down to the rails to see the contest from the closest possible quarters .
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