Example sentences of "[adv prt] for the [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 2 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 3 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 4 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 5 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 6 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 7 | on for the first time yesterday |
| 8 | If you attempt to pass the SPR on for the seventh time or to the same user twice , LIFESPAN will display an error message and you will not be allowed to pass it on . |
| 9 | LONDON TOWERS caught Carlsberg League champions Roland Kingston with their guard down for the second time this season by defeating them 103-97 at the Michael Sobell Centre , Islington , on Sunday night . |
| 10 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 11 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 12 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 13 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 14 | The leadership wants to see the proportion of union voting strength at party conferences reduced from the current 70 per cent — down for the first time this year from the traditional 90 per cent — to an eventual 50 per cent . |
| 15 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 16 | Trident sub goes down for the first time |
| 17 | Having driven thirty miles and for fifty minutes , he is forced to slow down for the first time . |
| 18 | The theatre of La Scala was completed by 1778 by Giuseppe Piermarini following the decision by City Governor Ferdinand Hapsburg not to rebuild the theatre in the Palazzo Reale which had just burned down for the third time . |
| 19 | The last time this happened I just managed to catch a glimpse of his two black eyes , going down for the third time , before I landed him . |
| 20 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 21 | The idea seemed to fit Lucy 's current expression , as though all hands had already gone down for the third time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 24 | It did not seem so cute after a massive explosion ripped apart the pilot plant ( ironically as it was being shut down for the last time ) and killed two of Dequasie 's colleagues . |
| 25 | Marr watches ‘ Ouija Board ’ go down for the last time |
| 26 | AN ERA ends today when the shutters come down for the last time at the Owen Owen store in Liverpool . |
| 27 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 28 | Brian Cox , who runs the operation , says : ‘ Anyone coming in for the first time is going to start by taking on what 's already there . |
| 29 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 30 | Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years . |