Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [num ord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they posed for the first photographs |
| 2 | I remember well , during the air-raids of the forties when I was in London and we waited as darkness came for the first sirens and the deep breath to get one 's courage up , that we felt we were part of the will of the capital of England . |
| 3 | His mind recalled the familiar ambience of his trade ; men moving like black shadows behind the glare of the arc-lights the police cars tidily parked ; the flap of the screens , desultory voices conferring as they watched for the first lights of his approaching car . |
| 4 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |
| 5 | As is usual with this event , everyone waited for the last competitors to finished , even though some took well over two hours . |