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

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1 Over 2400 JS pensioners gathered together for the 45th JS Veterans Reunions on March 29 , April 5 and 26 — the event being organised on three days for the second time due to the large number of participants from all corners of the country .
2 And now to a village where the church bells have been rung properly for the first time in twenty years .
3 But she had a sudden change of heart and the pair were yesterday perched together for the first time .
4 It was the Saint Mary 's window though , which was considered best for the first class stamp .
5 This procedure is depicted above for the first three values of the repeated median smooth , shown in full in figure 9.9 : Thus 47 is the value to be smoothed , the skip mean 43.5 is the mean of 40 and 47 and the smoothed value 45.2 is the rounded mean of 47 and 43.5 .
6 Forest , held to a 1-1 draw at the City Ground , were 3-1 ahead with 17 minutes of normal time left , and deservedly so ; they had come out for the second half bristling with determination to make quality tell .
7 As well as contributing to Oslobodjenje Camo is editor-in-chief of Nedjelja , a weekly magazine published by the same company , but which has n't come out for the last three months .
8 Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude .
9 A dynamic study of the posterior lung fields was carried out for the first 15 minutes after injecting the radiolabelled leucocytes .
10 Somatostatin infusion ( Somatostatine UCB 250 µg/h ) was given to reduced pancreatic secretion and elective surgical intervention was decided on for the seventh day .
11 I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old .
12 After an hour of this , the pike left it alone and when it had done so for the fifth time , El-ahrairah swam across himself and went home .
13 They had done so for the last forty-five years .
14 They had done so for the last forty-five years
15 I have done so for the last seven or eight weeks . ’
16 The trove will be exhibited together for the first time at the Pierpont Morgan Library ( 9 December-4 April1993 ) , accompanied by an illustrated catalogue by William Voelkle and Roger Wieck , curator and associate curator , respectively , of the Morgan 's Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts .
17 Battling Dave Cannon sprayed a whole trailer-load of the cow muck over a council building after plans for his retirement bungalow were turned down for the fourth time .
18 Besides the semi-literate glossies , and the best-selling ‘ page-turners ’ that have to be moved aside for the next over-hyped wave , books appear for sale that are of a quite different kind .
19 Nor , she was sure , Bert , whom she had seen yesterday for the first time as a potentially responsible comrade .
20 Volkov had been written off for the last five years .
21 Accurate pictures could now be built up for the first time as to how tigers spent their day , how often they killed , their associations with other tigers and how the young animals found and established their own home ranges .
22 Most of them apparently turned up for the first Sunday game at the picturesque University ground .
23 ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time .
24 The draw 's been made today for the first round of the FA Cup … and here 's
25 At home , high street sales have risen modestly for the second month running .
26 A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain .
27 Local officials said that the move could result in the police and army being used locally for the first time , but reflected members ' anger and frustration .
28 Actually there are many stars with proper names , but in general these are used only for the first 30 or so , plus a few fainter stars of special interest — such as Polaris , Mizar in the Great Bear , and the variable star Mira , in Cetus , the Whale .
29 LLANDUDNO General Hospital will be virtually closed down for the next few days while the scale of the damage is assessed .
30 To enable the vehicles to be shown together for the first time , and to celebrate the work of the ‘ Store ’ carriage works , an exhibition entitled ‘ Cobbles and Carriages ’ will be held in the Main Hall at Chambers Street from 5 June — 1 August .
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