Example sentences of "[v-ing] it for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | The Economic League report on The Present Trend of Communism in Britain alleged that " the Communist Party has made full use of the Left Book Club , enabling it for the first time to make effective contact with some 50,000 members of the middle class " . |
2 | There Rowicki created the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , building it from scratch and directing it for the next five years . |
3 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
4 | Dozzell said : ‘ I thought about wearing it for the last few minutes , but I did n't think it would go down too well . |
5 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
6 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
7 | Two occupiers later the turbine is still doing its job and , I 'm sure , with proper maintenance it will continue doing it for the next century . |
8 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
9 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
10 | Revisiting it for the first time , he recalls his high hopes when an angel with marketing skills appeared . |
11 | At the beginning of this erm programme he admitted that we had an excellent education service in Oxfordshire , and he 's now , having taken no part in managing it for the last five years , he is now claiming that in fact it 's due to what happened before . |
12 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
13 | Having always been aware of the Cathedral I 've often wondered what impact it has on visitors seeing it for the first time . |
14 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
15 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
16 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
17 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
18 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
19 | He started typing and found himself enjoying it for the first time for years . |
20 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
21 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
22 | are the relatively simple techniques relating to the facts about costs and outputs — numbers of staff , numbers of applications dealt with capable of being developed to deal with far more complex questions about outcomes : what did this activity actually achieve , in terms of modernizing British industry … improving the nation 's health , or educating it for the 21st century ? |
23 | When he took the stage to collect the award ( winning it for the second time following two years of Vivienne Westwood ) , Ozbek did n't stand a chance . |
24 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |