Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their presence made it hard for the women to rescue the corpses of the drowned , and many bodies had to be abandoned to them . |
| 2 | Scott regarded him impassively for a moment . |
| 3 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 4 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |
| 5 | Twelve years after the Republicans moved into the White House and 13 months after the Arkansas governor launched his long-shot bid to win it back for the Democrats , the man on the defensive was Mr Bush . |
| 6 | The train , carrying up to 500 passengers in 12 coaches , ploughed into the heavy seats at top speed dragging them underneath for a mile . |
| 7 | The voting continued throughout Monday night , eight candidates putting themselves forward for the honour . |
| 8 | Those who were too tired to move and still felt cold took themselves off for a hot bath . |
| 9 | If his work kept him late for a meal , he had satirical reproaches cast upon his head by the landlady . |
| 10 | Nigel tarted himself up for the two days before her visit . |
| 11 | Nancy was able to come to Bedford and a kindly Methodist lady put her up for the night . |
| 12 | A branch line train took us to Aubagne where a coach picked us up for the journey up to the camp . |
| 13 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 14 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
| 15 | Endill thought it over for a few moments . |
| 16 | Jessica 's grandparents took her out for the day as father-of-four Mr Egerton , of Enfield , north London , recovered from Friday 's ordeal . |
| 17 | The brave tot , who has been battling leukaemia since he was six weeks old , was bouncing with life yesterday as mum Michelle took him out for a treat . |
| 18 | A few stragglers kept it up for a few seconds , then there was nothing . |
| 19 | The formulation of restraints upon State activities through the adoption ( often by consensus ) of Resolutions and Codes of Conduct within international organisations makes it hard for a State to claim non-party status , as it can to a treaty it has not ratified . |
| 20 | It is n't a question of the Director working it out for the Designer . |
| 21 | His hands were not particularly robust , but he missed very few matches until June 1952 , when appendicitis ruled him out for the rest of the summer . |
| 22 | It was true that the chains ' capacity for negotiating good deals made it hard for the family-run business to keep going , and they had many letters offering businesses for sale , and the price of shops was coming down all the time . |
| 23 | Marty McCann breathed a sigh of relief as he watched his intended back pass rebound off the post for the keeper to scramble it away for a corner . |
| 24 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 25 | Hereford lost their grip just for a second , but that was long enough for Phil Chard to get one back for the cobblers . |
| 26 | ‘ Any suggestion that your wife expects you home for the evening meal at a reasonable hour ’ is met with ‘ howls of derision ’ from older colleagues . |
| 27 | The two head office teams battled it out for the top spot , but it was no surprise to see , a Bolton Sailing Club member along with his father , steer his craft over the line first . |
| 28 | Tolstoy spells it out for the reader in ways that are terribly painful ; he leaves no room for pictures ’ ( quoted ibid . |
| 29 | Second , the British way of doing things makes it hard for a company to discover the identity of a suspected concert party-goer hiding behind a nominee . |
| 30 | Iago rose to take his leave , but the prince called him back for a moment . |