Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wainwright is fifth choice at Bramall Lane and only made his debut for the reserves on Wednesday . |
| 2 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 3 | So began my search for a suitable bird . |
| 4 | At a meeting on 25th September they accepted his explanation and sent him back to Stockport , where he apparently continued his work for a total of thirteen years , until Chorleton returned to take up his position . |
| 5 | Falkenhayn wavered , finally gave his permission for the new attack , and even allocated a fresh division for it . |
| 6 | Enrile eventually withdrew his bid for the candidacy , but the party remained deeply divided with both Laurel and Cojuangco claiming that their candidacies represented the " real " NP . |
| 7 | Bush formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination on Feb. 12 — he had already spent several days informally campaigning in New Hampshire in January — to a cheering crowd of supporters in Washington DC . |
| 8 | THE SCOTTISH National Party yesterday signalled its strategy for the 1990 regional council elections and the next general election by accusing Labour of swallowing ‘ Thatcher values ’ . |
| 9 | DANISH international Bjorn Kristensen yesterday staked his claim for a First Division recall at Newcastle United . |
| 10 | The new government quickly showed its enthusiasm for the private medical sector which was growing rapidly in 1979 , and in 1980 Gerard Vaughan , Minister of Health , expressed the belief that it might grow to around one quarter of the size of the NHS . |
| 11 | Two centuries after Hale 's pronouncement , Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms . |
| 12 | MR JOHN SMITH , the Shadow Chancellor , formally launched his campaign for the Labour leadership yesterday with a cautious pledge to examine the role of the trade union block vote in the party 's affairs and to keep open the options for electoral reform . |
| 13 | Then I could walk home in daylight , but at bedtime I still searched my room for the murderer , who wore a black leather built-up surgical boot that swung and lurched down thick-pile carpets towards his victims . |
| 14 | He also used his chronicle for an assault on both the Right and the Left : Wigan Pier was as much a political tract as a travelogue , it was an indictment of the Right and an ultimatum to the Left . |
| 15 | In the following two years French governments repeatedly reaffirmed their support for the EDC , but did not submit the treaty for ratification . |
| 16 | At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
| 17 | That visit resulted in ‘ Epiphany ’ in which you openly declared your admiration for the boldness of American humour . |
| 18 | The Security Council also confirmed its support for the role played by Pérez de Cuéllar , explicitly requesting him " to assist the two communities by making suggestions to facilitate the discussions " , and calling on both communities to co-operate with him " on an equal footing " . |
| 19 | They also approved his call for an extension of the boundary and he commented , ‘ This is democracy . ’ |
| 20 | But he also expressed his concern for the future of Scottish athletics : ‘ It 's pathetic really — there 's no second tier of world class athletes after Tom , Yvonne , Liz ( McColgan ) and Tom Hanlon . |
| 21 | In his inaugural address on taking office in January 1991 President Serrano credited the previous President , Vincio Cerezo Arévalo , with promoting national peace talks to end 30 years of civil war [ see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 ] but also blamed his administration for the current economic crisis and social unrest and for the country 's lack of international credibility due to widespread corruption and human rights violations . |
| 22 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
| 23 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 24 | In return the USA reportedly dropped its demand for a further $700 million from Japan , representing sums paid to the United Kingdom , France , and the Arab states which Japan had insisted should be set against the original pledge of $9,000 million . |
| 25 | When I saw the advertisement for the secondment , it immediately captured my interest for a whole host of reasons . |
| 26 | The foundation simply expressed its preference for a publisher , she says , with no talk of a quid pro quo . |
| 27 | She gladly gave her blood for a substantial blood transfusion , and the patient was told after-wards by the doctor , ‘ You owe the fact that you are alive today to the crossing sweeper who first detected a movement in you when you were in the mortuary and then gave her blood for you . ’ |
| 28 | He initially mistook his interest for an academic one and outlined plans to write a book . |
| 29 | On the outbreak of war one week later , the Communist Party hesitated and then reversed its support for the war into an appeal for a " people 's peace " . |
| 30 | Deftly , he cut four thick slices from the granary loaf , then began his search for the cheese . |