Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been one of oil giant Ultramar 's youngest directors and worked for the firm for more than 20 years . |
| 2 | He still encountered in his daily life a few who looked past the empty gaud that distracted lesser minds and longed for a revelation that would burn the tinsel away , an Apocalypse that would show the Fifth the glories it yearned for in its sleep . |
| 3 | People dismiss this aspect of Wordsworth 's poetry as ‘ odd ’ , forgetting that George Orwell became a tramp for six weeks and lived for a year as a down-and-out ; and Shakespeare wrote a play about a mad old man who was also a vagrant ! |
| 4 | Immediately it sprouted numerous legs and scrabbled for a purchase . |
| 5 | A competitor par excellence , Sarah passed six ‘ O ’ levels , rode for the school team at Hickstead , starred in amateur dramatic productions and swam for the school team . |
| 6 | Fabia stirred , awakened in her hotel bedroom that Monday and , as memory awakened with her , she abruptly closed her lovely green eyes and wished for a moment that she were back in England . |
| 7 | They forced several corners and looked for the height of Simon White and Steve Harris to open up the sometimes nervous ‘ Mill defence . |
| 8 | Once in my hotel room , I got hold of the Yellow Pages and dialled for a woman . |
| 9 | When he drew he put aside all other considerations and reached for the truth . |
| 10 | Wycliffe passed through the general office with a word to the two girls and stood for a while in the yard while the timber-lorry drove away and the big double doors were closed behind it . |
| 11 | For the determination of total carnitine , 150 ml of ammonia ( 33% ) was added to two tubes and incubated for an hour at 37°C . |