Example sentences of "[vb past] for [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But when the Assembly met for its first session on 5 January 1918 it immediately became clear that a majority of the deputies were hostile to the government and the Assembly was forcibly disbanded . |
2 | Ropati pounced for his 13th try of the season nine minutes later and second rower Sonny Nickle scored in the 79th minute to ensure Saints share the League lead with Wigan . |
3 | Slaven pounced for his 14th goal of the season , his first since his knee operation , in front of Boro 's jubilant fans . |
4 | ‘ Ground Reconnaissance From Public Transport ’ is the title of the pamphlet he produced for our last AGM . |
5 | She will be paid £4.5 million for the follow-up , compared with the £1.5 million she got for her first Disney singing-nun movie . |
6 | There was an ‘ Oof ! ’ of expelled air as the man fell to his knees , his broad shoulders heaving as he strained for his next breath . |
7 | The next day we landed at Mackay and re-fuelled for our last leg . |
8 | Then the Queen headed for her next destination . |
9 | In 806 , for instance , Charlemagne imagined for his second son Pippin a regnum ( literally : area ruled over ) comprising Italy and Bavaria , which made sense because of historic links between the two regions but overrode the Alps . |
10 | The letter , and the reactions to it , confirmed that the CPSU was afflicted with deep factional divisions as it prepared for its 28th congress in July , and that an imminent party split was a very real prospect . |
11 | When we prepared for our next visit to , the secret camera was hidden in a jacket , the lens behind a badge in the buttonhole . |
12 | The old warrior would have been flattered had he seen the care with which Washington prepared for his first visit . |
13 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
14 | Also I know that my coach at North Harbour , Peter Thorburn , was very impressed with Ian when he played for us last summer . |
15 | It was to the Scottish firm of Hurst Nelson of Motherwell that Blackpool turned for its next batch of cars in 1902 . |
16 | It had taken six telephone calls and much going to and fro before Peter and Susie finally arrived for their first counselling appointment . |
17 | NEW pupils at a dog obedience class were all shapes and sizes when they arrived for their first lesson yesterday . |
18 | A week later Maxine arrived for her next consultation . |
19 | I duly arrived for my first drive . |
20 | VINNIE Jones returned for his first match of the season and celebrated his comeback after injury with the goal which earned Wimbledon a point . |
21 | And yet the matter was quickly screened out as Pakistan set out to secure the piffling 138 needed for their second Test victory at Lord 's . |
22 | The first sign was slogans daubed on the wall of a kuttub , a religious school where small children went for their first instruction in the Koran . |
23 | I went for my first visit to the therapist feeling panicky , nervous , hopeful and depressed . |
24 | Hereford put up a great fight … they really went for it last night and deserved more than they got … in centre forward Chris Pike they have a new goal hero … |
25 | Hereford put up a great fight … they really went for it last night and deserved more than they got … in centre forward Chris Pike they have a new goal hero … |
26 | The 16 members of the Economic Community of West African States gathered for their 13th summit in Banjul ( The Gambia ) on May 28-30 . |
27 | Paul Weston scored in the first half for Stockton , but it was not until the last five minutes that Paul Bromley crossed for their second try . |
28 | What does the patients charter offer to the woman in Wandsworth who last month found that she could not have her second child in the hospital that she chose for her first child because her health authority has no contract with that hospital ? |
29 | she brought for him last week . |
30 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |