Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 2 | Wo would you like to try it for the next year , or few meetings ? |
| 3 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 4 | Two men climb the rock to check that all has been eaten and to clean it for the next burial . |
| 5 | Perhaps they would like to choose it for the next one . |
| 6 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 8 | Gina , Barbara , Ronnie and Chris Jury , a friend of theirs from Hull University Drama Department days , volunteered to arrange something for the second anniversary of John 's kidnap on 17 April . |
| 9 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 10 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 11 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 12 | In India in February , when Charles attempted to kiss her for the first time in public in four years , Diana defiantly turned away in a clear move to embarrass her husband . |
| 13 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 14 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 15 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 16 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 17 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 18 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 19 | In fact , a musical dedicated to Elvis is on tour , giving two fans the chance to see it for the FORTIETH time . |
| 20 | Flavia Sherman had elected to spend the day shopping on the Rue Catinat and was to join them for the first hunt next morning . |
| 21 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner . |
| 24 | Liessa spared him a brief glance , and appeared actually to notice him for the first time . |
| 25 | The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation . |
| 26 | Here to stay for at least for another year and to haunt me for the next fifteen . |
| 27 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 28 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 29 | So four winners you 've given us , any news about the track , to tell everybody for the next week ? |