Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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1 | Suddenly I recognized her attitude for what it was . |
2 | Desperately she searched her memory for his exact words , but they had drifted away like the steam that had stolen her senses . |
3 | Sidonius depicts the scheme as madness ; nevertheless he maintained his friendship for Arvandus , and he may even have given up his office of prefect of the City of Rome in order not to be involved in sentencing his friend . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | He moved towards her , and instinctively she lifted her face for his kiss . |
6 | Probably he took her nothingness for the numbness of shock . |
7 | Normally she would have screamed at him for the minute splinters she knew he must be creating , but now she kept her anger for other matters . |
8 | Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time . |
9 | Desmond Fairchild was the only one who addressed her directly , and even he removed his hat for the occasion , standing deferentially in front of her , head unaccustomedly bowed as she stood , pigeon-toed in ballet slippers , sipping her coffee at the foyer bar . |
10 | There she took her stand for Moral Re-Armament ; and ran into hot opposition . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Then they did their bit for the tourism industry — by taking a break in Dorset and Hampshire . |
13 | Then he changed my understanding for ever . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | I received a straightforward message recently when I telephoned her flat for a chat : ‘ Elizabeth says she 's busy . ’ |
16 | The selection board said that Gerstner was the first person they had spoken to when they began their quest for a new chief in January . |
17 | The selection board said that Gerstner was the first person they had spoken to when they began their quest for a new chief in January . |
18 | MR BRYAN GOULD proposed a decisive break with the programme on which Labour lost last week 's general election when he launched his campaign for both the party 's leadership and deputy leadership at Westminster last night . |
19 | Hendry then experienced fear at first hand one night when he took his dog for it 's nightly walk on the beach near his apartment in South Queensferry . |
20 | Adrian Gozzard , ex-Plessey , spoke for many executives responsible for recruitment in Britain 's largest companies when he argued his preference for broad-based search firms , rather than those specialising by functional discipline . |
21 | His association with Bush dated back to 1980 when he managed his campaign for the Illinois primary against Ronald Reagan . |
22 | Indeed , he had , in fact , smashed one of their violins when he lost his temper for the same reason in the previous year . |
23 | Yet he opened his challenge for The Masters with a 75 and closed it with an 81 . |
24 | The organization nevertheless attracted 50,000 supporters to a rally in central Sofia on Jan. 14 when it presented its platform for the round table talks . |
25 | He had been at Cambridge , where he got his Blue for rowing . |
26 | On 13 August Sir John issued orders for his various detachments to assemble at Stirling , the key strategic point controlling the approach to Edinburgh and the road into England , and on the 19th , the very day that Charles was hoisting his standard , Cope himself moved up to Stirling , 80 miles [ 127 km ] from Glenfinnan , where he organised his column for the coming march . |
27 | 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' . |
28 | In the interviews afterwards I lost my temper for , I think , the first and last time in the dispute . |