Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [pers pn] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 30 he called for the first time for dialogue to reach an equitable global settlement , addressing himself particularly to France which he had identified as more flexible [ see below for Mitterrand 's UN speech ] , although once again stressing that there would be no compromise over Kuwait belonging to Iraq . |
| 2 | Michael Codron had reason to be grateful that it was , especially when in January 1958 it transferred for a third time — or even a fifth , if the pre-West End runs at the Theatre Royal Brighton , and the original Cambridge version , were taken into account — to the Garrick Theatre . |
| 3 | In December 1937 he applied for a short-service commission in the RAF and to his evident amazement was accepted and sent for elementary flying training in 90 m.p.h . |
| 4 | This was to be Philpot 's last visit to the School : on 9th December 1974 he went for a drive near Haverfordwest , and died peacefully in his parked car . |
| 5 | On 11 March 1812 he volunteered for the San Domingo ( 74 guns ) , probably to avoid being pressed into the navy . |
| 6 | From 1915 to 1922 she was chairman of the Women 's International League for Peace , which aimed to harness feminism to the peace movement ; and throughout World War I she campaigned for a negotiated peace and the establishment of an international peace-keeping organization . |
| 7 | In its report of that name published in November 1987 it called for a full national strategy in cooperation with Eurotunnel , British Rail and regional interests to ensure that the potential benefits of the Tunnel are maximised ; the support of necessary infrastructure projects which do not meet current criteria for approval ; and a full technical study of the feasibility of a high speed rail link between Manchester and Continental Europe . |
| 8 | In the 1650s Howard evidently also developed an interest in industrial practices , and on 27 October 1660 he applied for a patent for a new method of tanning , the subject of a printed broadsheet , Brief directions how to Tanne Leather according to a new Invention ( n.d . ) . |
| 9 | At the meeting of the Transportation Committee on 5 October 1992 you asked for a report on bus services in the Kirknewton area . |
| 10 | In October 1989 he called for the fusion of seven parties into " one big party of the centre-right by the beginning of 1992 " . |
| 11 | Well my mother was one of the pillars of the Palfrey church and er she er oh I went , my father never used to go , but she used to go and of course I , I used to be an altar server down there when I got a bit older I did for a week or two to the erm do you know anything about an Anglo-Catholic Church I mean where they swing the incense and there is this little boy with the boat ? |
| 12 | In the reign of Henry III they accounted for the agistment dues at the Exchequer , but made substantial payments into the Wardrobe from time to time , and paid out sums locally for such purposes as the maintenance of a neighbouring royal castle , building operations , the enclosure of a royal park , and the expenses incurred by the Forest officers in taking venison for the king . |
| 13 | In June 1991 they voted for the most democratic free-marketeer on offer in a presidential election . |