Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
| 2 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 3 | Next Brook asked for a second volunteer . |
| 4 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 5 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 6 | Actress Jane Seymour posed for a 40th birthday article with husband David Flynn and their children in March 1991 . |
| 7 | Two days passed , and on Sunday , 16 December , the schooner tried for a second time to get to Fort Davey but was forced back . |
| 8 | As the agreement was announced Mount Pinatubo erupted for a 39th day , spurting clouds of steam and ash 14,000 metres into the air , and showering Manila — about 90 km south of the volcano — with quantities of ash and grit sufficient to cause the temporary closure of the city 's domestic and international airports . |
| 9 | By 1987 , the SDLP was making no secret of its desire to see Thatcher re-elected for a third term . |
| 10 | Michael Codron had reason to be grateful that it was , especially when in January 1958 it transferred for a third time — or even a fifth , if the pre-West End runs at the Theatre Royal Brighton , and the original Cambridge version , were taken into account — to the Garrick Theatre . |
| 11 | Many enthusiasts came for a last look and as each week passed there was a little less of the Woodhead line to photograph . |
| 12 | And although England removed nightwatchman Morrison without fuss on the final morning , the draw looked odds-on as the tourists toiled for a third day in the field . |
| 13 | When it happened for a third time , it became remarkable enough to distract him from a rapt analysis of Heather 's reasoning . |
| 14 | Gorbachev returned for a second visit on Nov. 18-21 , 1988 , accompanied by the Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers , Vladimir Kamentsev . |
| 15 | ‘ However , I went for a second opinion , and I was put on a scan . |
| 16 | We treated ourselves to a reindeer steak , then went for a last walk over the bridge towards the polar Cathedral . |
| 17 | She went for a last walk with him — and they never returned . |
| 18 | Chola went for a third time to fetch some water from the river while Mina and Kāli set to work on the outside of the house . |
| 19 | no , well I would n't mind going there , but , I meant for a first holiday , a little holiday I mean you enjoyed that did last April did n't you ? |
| 20 | When Israel was in exile in Babylon the nation looked for a second exodus ( Isaiah 51:9–11 ) . |
| 21 | He looked for a last time at Lucille . |
| 22 | The issue of the transformation to political pluralism was regarded as the main obstacle to progress in the peace talks between the government and the Mozambique National Resistance ( Renamo or MNR ) , which resumed for a second round in Rome on Aug. 14 . |
| 23 | However , the Communists , who emerged for a second time as power broker despite their loss of seven seats in parliament , has made it clear that they will not collaborate with the Pasok leader whom they indicted for alleged wrongdoing during the interim left-right coalition government of Mr Tzannis Tzannetakis . |
| 24 | We won for a third time at Zandvoort , the first grand prix of the season : apart from the prize money , that moved us up a scale on the start money and suddenly I could see our way through the rest of the season . |
| 25 | ‘ Sure ? ’ she said for a second time . |
| 26 | MR Ladislav Adamec , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , threatened to quit last night , as hard bargaining continued for a second day with the opposition over the shape of the new government . |
| 27 | He married for a second time about 1660 Sarah Winnock , a widow with three sons and a daughter . |
| 28 | Sporting Sir John married for a third time but the new Lady Pryce refused to play second — or , perhaps , third — fiddle and insisted that the embalmed bodies in the moribund harem be removed . |
| 29 | Washington 's key economic gauge faltered for a second month in September . |
| 30 | In 1940 Roosevelt broke with tradition and stood for a third term of office . |