Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time . |
| 32 | Last November ; we began our search for The Most Beautiful Hair of the Year in conjunction with Supersoft . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Earlier this week we joined them in Hungary as they rehearsed their display for the Fairford show . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | Lincolnshire is a flat county , you see , exactly right for aerodromes , and they took our house for the airmen , I suppose . |
| 38 | They knew their weapon for the future . |
| 39 | Then they did their bit for the tourism industry — by taking a break in Dorset and Hampshire . |
| 40 | They gave us ammunition for the guns , and many people were shot . " |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | Careful not to wake the others , he made his way for the third time to the lavatory . |
| 43 | Edgar thanked the Danes for their support and allowed them to live under such laws as they might choose , and it must be significant that Swegen landed in Lincolnshire when he made his bid for the kingship in 1013 , and that in 1066 King Harald of Norway made for York , where he had hopes that the citizens would assist him in his endeavours . |
| 44 | It turned out that he shared my liking for the more conventional kind of organ . |
| 45 | And Goethe — although he retained his admiration for the Greeks , and not least for the three tragedians , right up to his death in 1832 — mostly looked in other directions for his inspiration after the unfinished drama Pandora of 1810 . |
| 46 | That 's how I got interested in the sport : I read about the first black champion , Jack Johnson and it created my interest for the first time . |
| 47 | We can see how he used his knowledge for the chapters on Hannibal in Gaul of Book 3 of his histories ; but Book 24 in which he summarized his findings is lost . |
| 48 | With Sherwood arrogance , he lifted his stick for the copybook cut shot . |
| 49 | Even if he survived the present crisis with its unusually heavy demands on resources , there were still a few weeks to go before he received his allocation for the next year . |
| 50 | Immediately he looked away and stared instead at J. J. Gerrard , not caring whether or not he showed his dislike for the situation he was in . |
| 51 | In 1917 he could refer Garvin to a speech made in 1905 where he stated his ideal for the British Empire : ‘ we think of a group of states , all independent in their own local concerns , but all united for the defence of their common interests and the defence of a common civilisation , united not in an alliance — for alliances can be made and unmade — but in a permanent organic union' . |
| 52 | Yet he opened his challenge for The Masters with a 75 and closed it with an 81 . |
| 53 | He shook his head for the pain she had been through . |
| 54 | He expressed his concern for the workforce and their families . |
| 55 | In June 1901 , the Board received a letter in which he expressed his gratitude for the provision of a room for himself , and congratulated them on the efficient way in which the alterations had been carried out . |
| 56 | He expressed his admiration for the educational efficiency of the Jesuits and politely renounced his allegiance to their church . |
| 57 | Also absent was Taylor , to the anger of some delegations who accused him of delaying proceedings while he strengthened his bid for the interim presidency . |
| 58 | Indeed , he had , in fact , smashed one of their violins when he lost his temper for the same reason in the previous year . |
| 59 | As he grew up , he lost his appetite for the game and , natural enough in a teenager , he questioned his motives and direction , and was lost to the scheme . |
| 60 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |