Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For although the Home Rule movement did for a time grow apace , with an ever increasing number of SNP candidates being elected to Parliament and , under the Callaghan administration , the old High School building on Calton Hill being refurbished to accommodate a Scottish debating-chamber ( the old one had become incorporated in the Law Courts ) , the idea of Home Rule made many of my countrymen uneasy ; less , I think , about financial disadvantages ( for oil revenue would have compensated for that ) than at the prospect of feuding between east and west , north and south , and , for some , the prospect of a semi-permanent Labour administration ; and when in 1979 a referendum of the whole Scottish nation was held , the votes in favour of Home Rule did not attain the clear 40 per cent majority on which the House of Commons had insisted . |
| 2 | The men from the Rathcoole district waited for the order to come for their release , but nothing happened . |
| 3 | After the awful strip which the England team wore for the World Cup we saw them back in their traditional all-white kit at Murrayfield . |
| 4 | We drove all day and at 10.00pm reached our destination — a small village called Waldsee — just before the camp site closed for the night . |
| 5 | The old abrasiveness over the community budget had for the moment disappeared . |
| 6 | In a statement this evening , Thames Water apologized for the inconvenience caused , but said they must always give the welfare of their customers the highest priority . |
| 7 | For an anxious moment Ace waited for the suit 's air system to cut in . |
| 8 | Such ratios serve to show the very great importance an extension of the waterway network had for the movement of heavy and bulky materials . |
| 9 | Ronnie Moran , who had been chatting with Mr Souness about the match hours before the Liverpool manager headed for the operating theatre , will have to report failure in his first game in charge . |
| 10 | In the station Jasper forgot for a moment that the doors were the kind that need to be opened by pressing the button . |
| 11 | Penge Urban District Council asked for the electrification of all suburban railways . |
| 12 | Last March the former snake importer went for a job as a delivery driver . |
| 13 | Your P E kit went for a walk on his . |
| 14 | M. Chaillot fell for the ruse . |
| 15 | If Country Jacobitism had for a time in the early 1690s represented an alliance of disillusioned Whigs and Tories , it nevertheless ended up as a platform which drew support almost exclusively from Tories . |
| 16 | This move hindered subsequent investigation into Bloody Sunday and nullified further criticism of the Army — largely because the government 's Press Office appealed for the suspension of any media coverage which might prejudice the Tribunal 's findings . |
| 17 | The TV presenter pondered for a moment , running her chubby fingers through her hair . |
| 18 | Defendants Malcolm Packford and David Cooper were n't in court — their defence solicitor asked for an adjournment in their absence . |
| 19 | Our Rally was just super — more people than before — But what they did n't know was that they had a treat in store : The National Display Team came for the afternoon To show their special item — we were all over the moon ! |
| 20 | This June Meeting asked for the bond balances to be called in so as the final land purchase could go ahead and , for the first of many times , it discussed the question of the use of caddies on a Sunday . |
| 21 | In desperation Fleury leapt for the chandelier , with the intention of swinging on it and kicking the sepoy in the face . |
| 22 | Source code recompiled for an Alpha AXP 150 : 14 seconds |
| 23 | ‘ If Chief Justice Fortescue asked for a report , we could pose many questions and few solutions , Sir John . ’ |