Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , British Rail agreed to withdraw for the next six months a proposed price increase for carrying the high quality limestone to the BS works at Redcar . |
| 2 | Oldfield himself asked Branson to carry on as his manager , which Branson agreed to do for a new rate — Oldfield would pay him one barrel of beer a year . |
| 3 | When on two occasions Ewen turned to make for the open sea , Neil , increasing our speed slightly , held on to what looked like a collision course . |
| 4 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 5 | It was the point at which her mother usually said , ‘ You are only fourteen , ’ — an undeniable truth which Molly decided to save for the endless discussions on the subject which would be bound to occur in the weeks to come . |
| 6 | This study in a large population of patients with Zollinger-Ellison sydrome aimed to search for a differential pattern of gastric endocrine cells between patients with sporadic type Zollinger-Ellison sydrome and those with the syndrome and MEN 1 , and to establish whether there is a real predominance of ECL cell tumours in the second group . |
| 7 | By the way Batty was merely a promising youngster when Wilko arrived , and I do n't think Speed had played for the first team . |
| 8 | But the home side had to settle for a winning draw after St George 's finished on 175–7 , despite a 2–55 return from 16-year old slow left arm bowler Howard Jones on his debut . |
| 9 | Meticulous Jeff had hoped for a fine , calm evening — but it was misty and windy . |
| 10 | Kuwait 's Oil Minister Hamud Abdullah al Raqaba disclosed that Kuwait had asked for an 800,000 bpd oil loan from the Gulf Co-Operation Council ( GCC ) , worth US$14,000,000 a day , to help meet reconstruction costs incurred by the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] . |
| 11 | The silver-framed photograph of Philippe Chaumont had appeared for the first time since he had known Chantal . |
| 12 | Defence cuts of up to $8 billion more than the Bush administration had planned for the fiscal year beginning in October . |
| 13 | By July 30 , 12 candidates had registered for the presidential elections due to be held simultaneously with legislative elections on September 29-30 . |
| 14 | Some parties had called for a national multiparty conference to be held first . |
| 15 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 16 | Balcon was the sort of producer the British film industry had needed for a long time . |
| 17 | After the action had lasted for a few minutes , County Inspector Meharg , through a loudhailer , ordered : ‘ The police will hold their hands , please . ’ |
| 18 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 19 | After two decades cotton came to account for a third of the increase in manufactured exports from 1784 – 6 to 1794 – 6 . |
| 20 | On Aug. 12 the UN Security Council decided to renew for a further 120 days the sanctions which had been imposed against Libya in April [ see p. 38883 ] . |
| 21 | Instead the organisation 's east coast committee voted to press for a temporary import ban on Russian cod to allow EC markets to stabilise . |
| 22 | Ireland had hoped for a three-day match but this was not possible . |
| 23 | The inquiry had heard forensic details of each individual death but as Mark Smith reports the parents had hoped for a great deal more . |
| 24 | Joanne spoke with the same contempt Jacqui had shown for the high achievements of forensic science . |
| 25 | What Tallis had taken for a forked beard she could see , now , were curved tusks of wood growing from each side of the round , wet mouth . |
| 26 | All of these elements had to compete for a limited number of unfilled vacancies in Mendeleev 's Periodic Table , like contestants in a game of cosmic musical chairs . |
| 27 | Eventually , Maryport Council had to apply for a special nuclear waste disposal licence from the Department of the Environment so that it could legally dump the silt back in the sea again . |
| 28 | Not a snap or a twang , but the hamstring had gone for the second time in successive matches . |
| 29 | It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days . |
| 30 | The contras ' new military commander , Israel Galeano ( who replaced Enrique Bermúdez , the organization 's nominal head , in early February ) , said , however , that the contras intended to wait for the formal handover of power before disbanding . |