Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] [noun sg] in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a lazy Saturday and I decide to go for a walk in Cwm Idwal . |
| 2 | Lightbown argues on the basis of all the published evidence that Piero 's National Gallery ‘ Baptism of Christ ’ was painted for the Pieve in Sansepolcro ( which was the only church in the town where baptisms were performed before 1520 ) and not the Priory of San Giovanni Battista d'Afra as most , including Bertelli , believe . |
| 3 | Hand will play three-times former champion Jeremy Bates or qualifier Mike Wyeth for a place in Sunday 's final . |
| 4 | From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet . |
| 5 | Around 30 members of the clergy and laity gathered for the meeting in Cheltenham . |
| 6 | Ferry traffic was halted for a week in December because of fears that refugees might hijack the vessel to the United States . |
| 7 | The idea was to plan for an increase in Berlin 's population to 1.5 million . |
| 8 | In the famous Middletown studies made by Robert and Helen Lynd the Lynds lived for a time in Muncie , Indiana , but were always known to be researchers . |
| 9 | ‘ We lived for a time in Washington DC , ’ she said slowly . |
| 10 | A contemporary of Gundulić was Junije Palmotić ( 1606–57 ) , a Ragusan noble who lived for a time in Bosnia , and who drew upon the Slav folk tales as well as on contemporary Italian and ancient classical traditions for the abundant outpouring of songs , satires , verse epics and dramas which he composed . |
| 11 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ According to gossip , your uncle was substituted for the Scapegoat in Saturday 's festival . ’ |
| 13 | He is also trying to find a manufacturer for a porcelain razor he designed for an exhibition in New York . |
| 14 | The Aston Villa centre half , now settled comfortably back in the Irish fold after the controversy of his failure to appear for the game in Albania three weeks ago , is a major figure in Charlton 's plans . |
| 15 | My words , he could qualify for a part in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat , it 's really something . |
| 16 | The Irish Times meantime had suggested that British Telecommunications Plc and AT&T Co were bidding for a stake in Telecom Eireann ; a spokeswoman for Telecom Eireann said that the company had received an assurance from the Irish government that there were no plans for its privatisation . |
| 17 | While 83 international beauties battle for the title in Bophuthatswana 's ‘ Lost City , ’ Alan meets visiting celebrities like Jerry Hall , Richard Branson and Brigitte Nielsen . |
| 18 | ‘ After London , I 'll go to train for a while in Boulder in the United States and start preparing for the Olympics . ’ |
| 19 | The London-based band , booked for a gig in Naples on an Italian tour , found the stage too small and insufficient power for their equipment . |
| 20 | She had planned to work for a year in England then take a post-graduate certificate in education at London University before going home to do her officer training in Australia . |
| 21 | The English representative on the board asked her whether she 'd like to work for the company in Switzerland , as resident copywriter ( for Jane was bright , though she despised the ‘ profession ’ ) . |
| 22 | Peter of Corbeil was recommended for a prebend in York , given the bishopric of Cambrai in 1199 and then translated to the archbishopric of Sens in 1200 . |
| 23 | Everyone else had gone to Japan and I was still in New York trying desperately to get a visa for Russia but I could n't get one , so I convince Tony deFries that if I went to Japan and went to the Russian Embassy in Tokyo , they 'd be so confused by an American applying for a visa in Tokyo 's Embassy that i could fake it and get one , and he said I was welcome to try . |
| 24 | Combined with the rather weak correlation between inflammation and bleeding ( r : 0.60 ) , this suggests that while most of the neutrophils are seeking a mucosal signal , some may also be destined for the lumen in NSAID induced enteropathy . |
| 25 | As the constitutional deadline for the government 's term in office approached , Labour MPs increasingly sought to avert electoral disaster by calling on Palmer to step down in favour of Moore , whom he had defeated for the leadership in August 1989 . |
| 26 | Above right : the Sixties re-created for the film in Los Angeles , 1990 |
| 27 | The Secretary of State will remember my exchanges with the Prime Minister in respect of volunteering , so he will understand my regret at the reduction in opportunities for those who want to volunteer for the TAVR in Northern Ireland . |
| 28 | Supplies collected for the charity in Worcester remained in a warehouse in the city , and West Mercia Fraud Squad were asked to investigate the withdrawal of funds from the Worcester branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland . |
| 29 | Jeff started training for the marathon in October last year , and was running 50 miles a week when he suffered a hip injury . |
| 30 | By October , however , conditions in London were impossible because of the air-raids , and the child was accepted for the operation in Oxford . |