Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [noun] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show was The Henderson Kids and Kylie auditioned for the part of Charlotte Kernow — known as Char — in a tomboy role that was to prove remarkably similar to the character that would one day transform her into a superstar . |
| 2 | ‘ It is where the Christian martyrs met their deaths , and where wild animals and gladiators battled for the pleasure of the city 's populace . ’ |
| 3 | Troops committed by Pakistan and Bangladesh left for the Gulf in early September , while on Sept. 18 Argentina became the first Latin American country to announce that it would send forces ; two frigates , a Hercules aeroplane and 450 soldiers left on Sept. 25 , despite opposition claims that this action violated the Constitution and was inconsistent with Argentina 's diplomatic tradition of neutrality in overseas conflicts . |
| 4 | Julio Salinas and Michel scored for the Spaniards , while both Hungary 's goals came from Pinter . |
| 5 | After the church ceremony , a horse and carriage waited for the newlyweds and took them to their reception , where an entertainer was waiting in the wings to take the children off the adults ' hands . |
| 6 | Such taxes begin with the levies imposed by lay rulers to raise money for the crusades ( as the kings of England and France did for the Second and Third Crusades ) . |
| 7 | One indication of the importance of state pensions in increasing the financial security and independence of the bulk of the British population can be drawn from statistics of wealth distribution in England and Wales collected for the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth . |
| 8 | The days when the Royal Brothers and Jackie Pallo plied their trade in exotic venues like Brent Town Hall and WWF stood for the World Wildlife Fund , not the World Wrestling Federation . |
| 9 | The angel struck Jacob on the thigh and Jacob limped for the rest of his life . |
| 10 | Disappointingly for the authorities , Moscow and Leningrad voted for the ‘ renewed federation ’ by tiny majorities ; in Gorbachev 's own district in Moscow 375 voted against the proposition and 376 in favour , the only uncertainty being whether the General Secretary or his spouse had cast the decisive ballot . |
| 11 | This is reflected in the significant interaction between FSE and SAM found for the change in external locus of control ( χ 2 =8.0 , df=1 ; p=0.005 ) . |
| 12 | When Marcus , Tony , Jason and Darren dashed for the next bus , the driver did n't know where he was supposed to take them . |
| 13 | In the Persian Wars , however , the Boiotian League had evidently not ordered a general policy , because Plataia and Thespiai fought for the Greeks whereas Thebes medised , a stain she was never to wipe out . |
| 14 | Agreements in March and June provided for the introduction of common identity cards ; the relaxation of travel restrictions ; the construction of a rail link joining Rabat , Algiers , Tunis and Tripoli , and a motorway linking Algiers to Casablanca ; and the creation of a joint Maghreb airline company . |
| 15 | The dozen or so rounds included music , sport , history , geography , art and literature but Crawley waited for the film , TV and theatre questions before playing their joker . |
| 16 | Twenty years of club tours to the Midlands , Kent , Herts and Essex recorded for the delectation of those who enjoyed them . |
| 17 | ND argued for more free-market economic policies and deep cuts in government spending , while Pasok and Synaspismos called for the preservation of welfare provisions and for a higher productivity in the public sector . |
| 18 | Alongside the programme of developing the franchise chain — Wilmslow and Bromley open shortly , with Belfast , Harrogate and Kingston planned for the end of the year — Rodier Hommes is building up a network of approved stockists around the UK . |
| 19 | Padraig Flynn , the Irish Environment Minister , called for the closure of the nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield , on the north-west coast of England , and Norway , Sweden and Denmark called for the plans for another such plant at Dounreay in Scotland be cancelled . |
| 20 | But the depth of respect and affection felt for the late leader of the Islamic revolution does not extend to his successors , who have broken into two loose camps of so-called ‘ radicals ’ and ‘ pragmatists ’ . |
| 21 | Sanderson Townsend & Gilbert and Healey & Baker acted for the vendor , while Lowther Scott Harden acted for Southlands . |
| 22 | It was day three when I started to haemorrhage and Lee cried for the first time since his brief squawk at the moment of birth . |
| 23 | Normally unaffected by any type of political show biz , the factory was deluged by the media as scores of photographers and journalists jostled for the best position . |
| 24 | His hunched figure padded across to the desk in the bay and Swod gestured for the police officer to sit down . |
| 25 | The Arbuthnots hunted on odd days with the Meath and Tom lived for the sport . |
| 26 | ‘ That would be the case if Liverpool won the championship and Wales qualified for the World Cup . |
| 27 | Mitchum and Geisler arrived for the trial , surrounded by frenzied fans . |
| 28 | It would become fiery and restless , something I noticed when Bowyer and Southgate left for the hunt . |
| 29 | Maggie sat with the others and Natasha made for the bar where Muriel , an orange-haired dragon somewhere in her seventies , held sway as chief barmaid . |
| 30 | Following a meeting on May 19 with Chinese Premier Li Peng , both India and China called for the peaceful resolution of their long-running border dispute [ for December 1991 talks see p. 38683 ] . |