Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a move that clearly suited him for the following season he was picked for the county squad . |
| 2 | His arms he folded round her , and so held her for a moment passive ; then with a sudden sharp sigh she embraced him again , quivering , and lifted her mouth to him ravenously . |
| 3 | Sanderson was a friend of Skottowe and probably recommended him for the job . |
| 4 | Aroused by his orderly before dawn , le beau Colonel , under a tumultuous bombardment , composedly and meticulously groomed himself for the fray , washing his moustachios in pinard , in the absence of water . |
| 5 | He did discover a serious oil leak in its engine late last year and immediately changed it for the spare he keeps in what looks like a glass case in his garage . |
| 6 | I was there on my own , because the Yorkshire Television film crew had been positioned on the roof of the Palace , and would have been quite at a loss but a lady from the Yorkshire Post spotted me and kindly accompanied me for a little while . |
| 7 | Fuqua Industries first estimated the cost of capital for the corporate group using CAPM principles and then modified it for a division by reference to fourteen key risk elements . |
| 8 | Undismayed , he haled an old man out of the audience , stuck him in the chair , and then spoke himself for an hour and answered all the questions . |
| 9 | There the warden arrested him , imprisoned him in his gaol at Allexton , and afterwards released him for a fine of half a mark . |
| 10 | But there were plenty of beautiful and recognisable faces to be seen amongst the anonymous , but none-the-less powerful , fashion editors , still enough buying power in this room alone to rock empires , even if no house made a profit from the couture but rather used it for a loss-leading advertisement and a mark of prestige . |
| 11 | The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children . |
| 12 | Natural aptitude and a career in radio , film and television had helped him become an outstanding communicator — a strength chat not only made him a formidable campaigner , but also equipped him for the business of government in the television age . |