Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for a [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 Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time .
3 Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate .
4 And the sold them for a third profit so what did he sell them for ?
5 Get them for a last bargain .
6 They say , ah well , we followed you for a tenth of a mile , right , and it took you so long to cover that .
7 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 .
8 Wahono , general chair of Golkar ( the ruling Functional Group Centre or Golongan Karya Pusat ) , announced on Oct. 20 that President Suharto had agreed to Golkar 's plan to nominate him for a sixth five-year term as president .
9 At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further .
10 The Bill was then printed with the Committee 's revisions , and considered by a Committee of the whole House on 13th July , who sent it for a Third Reading .
11 World champion , and well on the way to winning it for a second time .
12 Unless you are guilty of gross misconduct , it will seldom be fair to dismiss you for a first breach of discipline .
13 ‘ Goodnight ! ’ she wished him for a fourth time , and went to her room feeling very much better about everything .
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