Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |
| 4 | He had one made up , used it for the first time in the 1989 Jersey Open and finished joint fifth , 5-under par and only two behind play-off victor Christy O'Connor Jnr . |
| 5 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
| 6 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
| 7 | They just were n't compatible , she told herself for the umpteenth time . |
| 8 | This is crazy , she told herself for the umpteenth time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then Folly reached the top of the steps , and the woman noticed her for the first time . |
| 11 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 12 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 13 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 14 | Jean Cocteau , Peggy Guggenheim tells us in her autobiography Confessions of an Art Addict , received her for the first time comfortably horizontal between the sheets , smoking opium . |
| 15 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 16 | That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago . |
| 17 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |
| 18 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 19 | I defended myself for the first time : I pushed him away . |
| 20 | Thomasino Boyd , who joined us for the last couple of years , and before that ( in Scots accent ) Doogie Rae . |
| 21 | Oh yes , most of the lads here are really erm over the moon about it , it was a tough game , we erm outplayed them for the first probably three quarters of an hour really . |
| 22 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 23 | I experienced the joy and excitement of the subject as I discovered something for the first time . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I kissed her for the last time as she lay in her hospital bed : the bedclothes were crisp and undisturbed , and she looked very clean , just as she would have wanted to ; and very small , because she was so old , and having started life none too big had ended up , at the age of ninety-one , not much bigger than a child . |
| 26 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 27 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 28 | ‘ I heard it for the first time on Saturday morning . ’ |
| 29 | Do I want this job so badly ? she asked herself for the hundredth time . |
| 30 | 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 . |