Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was she who had interviewed Meg for the Old Rectory and Meg now found it difficult to connect that confident , tweeded , slightly aggressive woman with the two gentle old people she knew . |
| 2 | A delegation from IT Division visited Japan for the annual DTI/MTI Talks held on 25th–26th March , which included an Expert Session on IT . |
| 3 | He remounted immediately and set off in pursuit of the other runners , but as a Gold Cup trial the race was a mess , and the announcement that Jonjo O'Neill was once more to replace Mullins for the big race came as no surprise . |
| 4 | The Oak said , ‘ But we have lent our aid to the Royal Houses of the Beastline in times of extreme danger and we have also fought to regain Tara for the rightful heir . ’ |
| 5 | Naturally , what the duke had in mind was his own political interest , and his managers duly picked a man named Hamilton for the vacant charge , a gentleman whose brother was a bailie of one of the royal burghs in which the Montrose faction took an interest . |
| 6 | But Gould had quite possibly thanked Darwin for the wrong present . |
| 7 | She hated Nora for the double betrayal and swore that she would never forgive her . |
| 8 | Luton are likely to insist on recouping the £135,000 they paid Leeds for the veteran midfielder , even though Kamara turned 35 on Christmas Day . |
| 9 | The initial function of the role is to pass on information that the Nazarenes will have to leave Nazareth for the Roman census . |
| 10 | Chairman David Nairn thanked Grant for the open manner with which he had answered these questions and brought the first day 's business proceedings to and end . |
| 11 | Dai Qing , a dissident journalist detained by the authorities during the Nov. 15-17 visit to Beijing by US Secretary of State James Baker [ see p. 38575 ] , was allowed to leave China for the United State on Dec. 22 . |
| 12 | MR TONY BANKS , Labour MP for Newham North West , said yesterday he was proposing to leave Westminster for the European Parliament , writes Philip Johnston . |
| 13 | When parliament heard the news of Crécy the commons ‘ thanked God for the great victory He had given their king and they said that all their money had been well spent ’ . |
| 14 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 15 | For once Stephen and Christina thanked God for the inefficient island infrastructure . |
| 16 | Ironically , Gough 's rash challenge on Ferguson at Tannadice resulted in a booking which carries him over the disciplinary points threshold and costs Rangers the services of their captain when they visit Arbroath for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final tie on 6 March . |
| 17 | Since Death in Venice is also to be performed , would it not have been better to keep Grimes for the new house and to have included a Rossini opera as a nostalgic as well as topical reminder of golden evenings ? |
| 18 | The main purpose of Levin 's article , however , is to reclaim Debord for the aesthetic discourse of avant-garde cinema . |
| 19 | Even more vigorous support came from The Building News which in a leading article on 18th February attacked the attitudes of Palmerston and Tite during the first debate , and made the incorrect comment that Hope had said that Manners was only following Stanley 's lead in choosing Scott for the Foreign Office . |
| 20 | The toss went in Oxford 's favour , Jo Michels taking Middlesex for the tactical advantage of the first bend , since Cambridge were known to have a fast start . |
| 21 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota hopes that flattery will get it everywhere in Japan , and so it chose Tokyo for the worldwide launch of a range of new models in its C90 line to replace the existing Y-MP machines . |
| 22 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota hopes that flattery will get it everywhere in Japan , and so it chose Tokyo for the worldwide launch of a range of new models in its C90 line to replace the existing Y-MP machines . |
| 23 | Nigel Jones , who won Cheltenham for the Liberal Democrats has been named front bench spokesman on housing and local government . |
| 24 | Welcoming CCG for the new school term , Councillor Alan Bradley , chairman of Westminster 's competitive tendering committee , said : ‘ The meal service is a vital one and I am confident that CCG will do a first class job . ’ |
| 25 | Stipends were generally better in town churches : when Joseph Parker began his ministry in Banbury in 1853 he received 50s. a week or £130 p.a. although when he left Banbury for the affluent Cavendish Street Chapel in Manchester in 1858 his income jumped to £1,700 . |
| 26 | But she and the children are expected to join Andrew for the Royal Family 's annual get-together at Balmoral in Scotland today . |
| 27 | Of those universities who also support Ph D research in Scottish geology , Edinburgh 's students and staff have consulted 100 of the theses in data set C. For the major universities researching in the field , the numbers of thesis borrowers from particular universities are in proportion ( ratio nearly 1:1 ) to the numbers of Ph D theses produced in these universities . |
| 28 | JS Journal editor and designer were visiting Torquay for the British Association of Industrial Editors [ BAIE ] Editing for Industry awards dinner . |
| 29 | The vice-president of the European Parliament , David Martin , the Labour MEP for Lothian , welcomed the move to put pressure on the Government to introduce PR for the European elections . |