Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 2 | Wo would you like to try it for the next year , or few meetings ? |
| 3 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 4 | Two men climb the rock to check that all has been eaten and to clean it for the next burial . |
| 5 | Perhaps they would like to choose it for the next one . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 7 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 8 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 9 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 10 | In India in February , when Charles attempted to kiss her for the first time in public in four years , Diana defiantly turned away in a clear move to embarrass her husband . |
| 11 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 12 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 13 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 14 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 15 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 16 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 17 | In fact , a musical dedicated to Elvis is on tour , giving two fans the chance to see it for the FORTIETH time . |
| 18 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |
| 19 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 20 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |
| 21 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 22 | Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time . |
| 23 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |
| 24 | Here to stay for at least for another year and to haunt me for the next fifteen . |