Example sentences of "come [adv] for the [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 2 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 3 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 4 | Four of the five protagonists of this story — Greco-Macedonians , Romans , Jews and Celts — came together for the first time in the Hellenistic period . |
| 5 | When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss . |
| 6 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 7 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 8 | At about this time , the BBC offered him a World Service job based in London and , at the age of 30 , he came here for the first time . |
| 9 | So we came about for the last time , since we were now south of the entrance , and motorsailed north , a little further off , to give the rock a good clearance . |
| 10 | She came across for the first time today , I was out egg yard getting some eggs |
| 11 | And another good old word is the crome , now er that was one I came across for the first time when I came into Suffolk , the crome . |
| 12 | Trying to mould together a side in only four days with eight players coming together for the first time is a pretty difficult task . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 15 | His father had been ‘ under the weather , since July , and Lewis was half-aware that he might be coming home for the last time . |
| 16 | AN ERA ends today when the shutters come down for the last time at the Owen Owen store in Liverpool . |
| 17 | You go to the most wonderful places , you STAND in Soweto outside Nelson Mandela 's little house and watch him come home for the first time in 25 years . |