Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no , as I watched , he turned a ball elegantly off his legs and called for a quick single . |
| 2 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 3 | He saw the naked longing in her amber eyes and realized for the first time how much he had been neglecting her . |
| 4 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 5 | The manifesto condemned the invasion of Kuwait and called for the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi forces . |
| 6 | Both rejected positivistic literary scholarship and called for a renewed attention to literature as literature ; both insisted on the differences between literature and other kinds of writing , and tried to define these differences in theoretical terms ; both gave a central role in their definitions to ideas of structure and interrelatedness , and treated the literary text as an object essentially independent of its author and its historical context . |
| 7 | Arising from the resolute opposition by the District to the Board 's proposals , a sub-committee was also established by the Cambridge Board to consider its relations with the WEA and met for the first time in May 1938 . |
| 8 | CHURCHMEN and intellectuals in East Germany , worried about the new , aggressive tone that has crept into the emotional issue of reunification , yesterday warned against confrontation and called for a temporary end to mass street demonstrations . |
| 9 | But Laura herself quietly went in the next day , spent hours cleaning up the mess and advertised for a new manageress . |
| 10 | The Prague meeting was preceded by sharp disagreements between the Soviet Union and some member states , notably Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , whose representatives spoke openly about the dissolution of COMECON and pressed for a speedier implementation of currency convertibility and the right to trade individually with organizations such as the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 11 | She rose gracefully to her feet and made for the front door , with Melissa following . |
| 12 | China has regretted North Korea 's defiance and called for a nuclear-free Korean peninsula . |
| 13 | The judge indicated that he believed that police of all ranks had been involved in a cover-up of the initial investigation of the massacre and called for a public inquiry . |
| 14 | Unreality supervened again as Argentina fired its President Galtieri and called for the immediate withdrawal of British forces . |
| 15 | The permanent committee of Zaïre 's bishops had on March 2 criticized the " blocking " of democratisation and called for a national conference . |
| 16 | If the kite turns either way left or right , then increase the pull on the opposite side , right for turning to the right and left for a left turn . |
| 17 | The Dutch were probably right , to judge from a handwritten note de Gaulle gave Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at that time : ‘ The supernational organisms of the six , which tend inevitably and abusively to become irresponsible superstates , will be reformed , subordinated to governments and used for the normal tasks of the council and technical business . ’ |
| 18 | If it was not , then the Committee should have made this plain and opted for a different verbal formula . |
| 19 | The Joint ESRC/SERC Transport Committee ( JTC ) was established in 1978 for an initial period of two years and extended for a further 4 years after a review in 1980 . |
| 20 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 21 | While Iraq demanded the unconditional release of all prisoners-of-war ( PoWs ) and their return to their countries of origin on " humanitarian and legal " grounds , Iran insisted that the issue of prisoner exchange could not be separated from territorial questions and called for the simultaneous withdrawal of Iranian and Iraqi troops from each other 's territory with prisoner exchange . |
| 22 | CONFERENCE delegates yesterday swept aside a warning from the party leadership and called for the next Labour government to take back into public ownership immediately land sold off by privatised water companies . |
| 23 | There was a small band away from the tables , and the singer had started as he had begun his meat and called for a second bottle . |
| 24 | During this examination , three to four samples of flat rectal mucosa were taken from an area 10–15 cm from the anal verge and used for the proliferative studies described below . |
| 25 | He marched the twins in the direction of the nearest station and prepared for a long , boring wait . |
| 26 | I should have resisted your blandishments last night and opted for a quiet Friday evening at home . ’ |
| 27 | Something similar has started appearing on British television , so if they have to be shown surely the details could be kept to a minimum and shown for the shortest possible time . |
| 28 | The Halifax said prices dropped 1.2pc last month and called for an immediate 2pc interest rate cut and ‘ specific ’ Government measures to stimulate the housing market . |
| 29 | I rowed on a few yards and anchored for the sixth time . |
| 30 | We stomped down the stone steps to collect our sacks and made for the Upper Tier of the crag . |