Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Now , while Anna slept , she read it for the tenth time .
2 Do I want this job so badly ? she asked herself for the hundredth time .
3 So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met .
4 Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area .
5 To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning .
6 They just were n't compatible , she told herself for the umpteenth time .
7 This is crazy , she told herself for the umpteenth time .
8 So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek .
9 She saw them for the first time about half way through the second week .
10 ‘ Goodnight ! ’ she wished him for a fourth time , and went to her room feeling very much better about everything .
11 In fact , as she considered it for the first time , she wondered how any of them had survived to tell the tale .
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