Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Arriving after a gruelling 13 hour flight , appeared bright and full of energy , almost immediately giving a press conference where she expressed her fears for the future of peace and democracy in her country . |
| 32 | Baker travelled to Egypt on July 19 for talks with Mubarak , who expressed his support for the US plan , as did the visiting Lebanese Foreign Minister Faris Buwayz . |
| 33 | Loughlin , who broke his arm for the second time in 16 months on Great Britain 's summer tour Down Under , is in the centres after 10 minutes as sub in last Friday 's League defeat at Wheldon Road . |
| 34 | Even though she was making light of it , Charlie could n't mistake the fire that animated her when she reached his entries for the final night of Christine Ashdown 's brief career . |
| 35 | The Wessex Regional Transfusion Centre wishes to thank those members of the staff of AEA Technology who gave their blood for the benefit of others on Tuesday , 12 and Wednesday , 13 January 1993 . |
| 36 | Then , pleading a headache and fatigue , she cancelled her outing for the evening , and went to bed . |
| 37 | ‘ She outlined her regard for the children and made the point that she showed them more attention than the Prince of Wales appeared to . ’ |
| 38 | She gave her orders for the next week 's farm work and then turned to one of the men . |
| 39 | She searched her handbag for the handkerchief , lipstick and eye pencil that are necessary parts of a woman 's grief . |
| 40 | She had her introduction for the exhibition and Jay read it like she did n't know who 'd written it . |
| 41 | While Oliver was out of the room she abandoned her chair for the couch , kicked off her shoes and curled up . |
| 42 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 43 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 44 | During our last seven months , as we prepared our recommendations for the secondary stages , the officials of the National Curriculum Council under their Chairman , Duncan Graham , were rewriting the attainment targets for the primary stages , supposedly in accord with the consultation exercise and Mr Baker 's own proposals about grammar . |
| 45 | Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time . |
| 46 | In fact you 've been downright unbearable ever since we finished your articles for the journal . ’ |
| 47 | Last November ; we began our search for The Most Beautiful Hair of the Year in conjunction with Supersoft . |
| 48 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 49 | They shared their responsibilities for the smooth running of Zone I with the enthusiasm of those bound by a loveless marriage . |
| 50 | ROUND the world yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnson and his crew were off the southern coast of Brazil yesterday as they maintained their challenge for the Jules Verne Trophy . |
| 51 | Many students told me that they only joined the League because it was the correct thing to do at middle school and at university they maintained their membership for the social functions the League organised , such as outings and dances . |
| 52 | Earlier this week we joined them in Hungary as they rehearsed their display for the Fairford show . |
| 53 | They bartered their grain for the salt he 'd brought back from the border , where he traded with Tibetans who 'd scraped it from the arid salt-lakes and carried it south on yaks across the windswept dust-blown plateau lands . |
| 54 | And a couple of young clerks , that 's where they bred their clerks for the future use sort of thing you know . |
| 55 | Lincolnshire is a flat county , you see , exactly right for aerodromes , and they took our house for the airmen , I suppose . |
| 56 | They knew their weapon for the future . |
| 57 | Then they did their bit for the tourism industry — by taking a break in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 58 | ‘ They gave me sandwiches for the journey , but I left them on my bunk . ’ |
| 59 | They gave us ammunition for the guns , and many people were shot . " |
| 60 | After they had finished with her , the soldiers stood over her corpse and urinated into her mouth ; then they left her body for the dogs . |