Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 2 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 3 | I thought for an incredible moment that I caught something familiar in the sound — but it could n't be . |
| 4 | Balfour 's government introduced an Education Act which provided for an orderly scheme for elementary and secondary education in schools administered by Local Authorities . |
| 5 | The meeting was prompted by a draft secretarial order , issued by the US Interior Department in July , which provided for an expanded role for the new resident US representative in Belau [ see p. 37885 ] . |
| 6 | In 1978 a new constitution was promulgated which provided for an elaborate reversion to a tribal mode of rule involving an electoral college of eighty members chosen by forty local councils ( ‘ tinkhundla ’ ) , dominated by tribal elements . |
| 7 | The " decision " followed Bush 's initiative , unveiled at the UN General Assembly in September ( for Bush and Shevardnadze speeches see pp. 36906-07 ) and which was at variance with the existing chemical weapons treaty draft , which called for an immediate halt to production . |
| 8 | Following the deployment , the Lebanese government made it clear that its next step would be to place diplomatic pressure on the United States to persuade Israel to allow Lebanese army deployment in Jezzin , as a first step towards compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 425 , which called for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon . |
| 9 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 10 | The businessmen who last year jostled to fill Mr Collor 's campaign chest now sound like the turkeys who cackled for an early Christmas . |
| 11 | Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman — who called for an early contest — and Mr Donald Dewar , Scottish spokesman , were among the first senior party figures publicly to throw their weight behind the Shadow Chancellor 's campaign . |
| 12 | Claiming that the allied forces had a " game plan " which was being followed , he said that he sympathized with the motives of those who called for an indefinite air campaign , but that any decision on the launching of a ground offensive would be based on military advice ; there would be no " delay for the sake of delay , hoping that it would save lives " . |
| 13 | She reached for an old brass key . |
| 14 | Unwisely Spain intrigued for an anti-British coalition as she intrigued for an anti-American coalition in 1898 ; as Wellington observed , Spain acted ‘ as if Europe were at her feet ’ . |
| 15 | We asked for an extra day , and that was fine . |
| 16 | Remembering the close encounter near Maralal , we arranged for an armed park ranger to accompany us , so that we would also be protected in case of emergency . |
| 17 | ‘ We went for an open systems solution because we wanted to build in flexibility for the future , ’ says ACCOUNTANCY 's Malcolm Cole . |
| 18 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 19 | He asked for an Irish song of love and loss . |
| 20 | He asked for an urgent meeting with Colonel Easterhouse . |
| 21 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |
| 22 | All in all it made for an uncomfortable meal , despite the chef 's first-class skills , and Sarella at least was pleased when it was all over and Marc , with deliberately precise timing , pushed his chair back to signal that they could now follow him out . |
| 23 | It provided for an estimated expenditure of L£597,000 million and revenues of L£210,000 million . |
| 24 | It provided for an elected head of state who would appoint a Prime Minister from the party winning a majority in elections to a bicameral parliament comprising a National Assembly and Senate . |
| 25 | He stopped for an early beer at a roadside pub in Surrey , then dropped the car off in its lock-up garage and strolled to a cafe for lunch . |
| 26 | ‘ Go ! ’ she hissed at Ember , but he stopped for an agonizing moment to cover her better . |
| 27 | He campaigned for an integrated study of Christian philosophy , history , literature , and art in the same way as literae humaniores had studied every aspect of classical culture . |
| 28 | Later , after four years in detention during the Mau Mau Emergency , he worked for an Indian workshop in Nairobi establishing himself as the pioneer manufacturer of bicycle carriers and foreguards . |
| 29 | Voting patterns in these constituencies indicated that the FIS would have little difficulty in securing the additional 28 seats it needed for an absolute majority in the National Assembly . |
| 30 | It was an unhappy morning , and a sulky afternoon , and when towards evening Clarissa had collected enough moral courage to approach the telephone , it rang for an incoming call before she could pick it up . |