Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [noun] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attack , at 1am , came as London prepared for the annual Lord Mayor 's parade , which Princess Anne is due to attend . |
| 2 | He reached the level of the bridge , swung his back to the wall , covering the ladder they had just used as Forster made for the door . |
| 3 | Loyal service was recognised when Charles arranged for the commemoration at St-Denis of two particularly close fideles , extending to them benefits until then made available only to the king 's blood-relatives . |
| 4 | Police are warning motorists not to travel on roads around Silverstone this evening where there are already eight mile tail backs as spectators arrive for the British Grand Prix . |
| 5 | The mast quivered and bowed as Trent dived for the main and jib sheets , whipping them clear of the cam cleats . |
| 6 | Until the FRC and its cohorts have made substantial progress in imposing uniformity in accounting matters , the profession will continue to be criticised because companies account for the same things in different ways . |
| 7 | Forwards and backs combined as Melrose charged for the Jed line from well inside their own territory with Gary Parker managing to evade Liddle before feeding his front row colleague who went over for the try . |
| 8 | I remember well , during the air-raids of the forties when I was in London and we waited as darkness came for the first sirens and the deep breath to get one 's courage up , that we felt we were part of the will of the capital of England . |
| 9 | This new road will be constructed as advance works for the Musselburgh Bypass project and will be funded from savings in costs resulting from the closure of Mucklets Road . |
| 10 | IBM said it continued ‘ aggressively ’ to seek ways ’ to improve profitability , but admitted that sales of the AS/400 as well as of the mainframes declined as users wait for the new models . |
| 11 | IBM said it continued ‘ aggressively ’ to seek ways ’ to improve profitability , but admitted that sales of the AS/400 as well as of the mainframes declined as users wait for the new models . |
| 12 | Only about one hundred copies had been circulated when Shelley asked for the destruction of the rest of the edition . |