Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 4 | Wo would you like to try it for the next year , or few meetings ? |
| 5 | Perhaps they would like to choose it for the next one . |
| 6 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 7 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 8 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 9 | Gina , Barbara , Ronnie and Chris Jury , a friend of theirs from Hull University Drama Department days , volunteered to arrange something for the second anniversary of John 's kidnap on 17 April . |
| 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 . |