Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 2 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 3 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 4 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 5 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 8 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 9 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 10 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 11 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 12 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 13 | Leo asked her for the second time . |
| 14 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |