Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had a bloke like John tha that virtually ran the force for several years whether you liked him or whether you did n't he he he was efficient in running the force erm especially when Charlie was was into the erm in a big way and he spent very little time with Nottinghamshire John ran the force made the decisions and cracked on with it |
| 2 | He has more than likely planned the expedition for the half of the day when it is not Northumberland Avenue 's turn for heating . |
| 3 | On July 13 the South Korean National Assembly unanimously passed a bill which accepted the UN Charter and thereby opened the way for a South Korean application for membership , which was expected to be filed on Aug. 5 . |
| 4 | Robinson became much more confident and outspoken in the 1950s and eventually criticized the NAACP for its gradualist policies . |
| 5 | As it is , we regret that the printers , when they had the opportunity , did not make an end of the half-paid female labour and so established the principle for both sexes of " Equal work , equal pay " . |
| 6 | She entered the lift and impatiently pressed the button for the lower ground . |
| 7 | The theorists were adamant , though , and thus began the hunt for the ‘ missing mass ’ — unobserved dark stuff that would bring W up to 1 . |
| 8 | The SPÖ won 47.7 per cent of the vote and 52 seats ( 54.9 per cent and 62 seats at the last elections in November 1987 — see p. 35792 ) ; the FPÖ won 22.6 per cent and 23 seats ( 9.7 per cent and eight seats in 1987 ) ; the Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) won 18.1 per cent and 18 seats ( 28.4 per cent and 30 seats in 1987 ) ; and the Green Alternatives won over 9 per cent and thus entered the parliament for the first time with seven seats ( having won just under 5 per cent in 1987 ) . |
| 9 | Never taking his eyes from her , Gregson slipped out the photo of Paula Wilson and quickly explained the reason for his and Finn 's presence , enquiring whether or not the face in the monochrome picture rang any bells . |
| 10 | McEwan 's company was bringing the live World Cup feed to New Zealand through Los Angeles and also sold the feed for all 32 games into Canada . |
| 11 | These fees included a charge of at least £2,500 which increased on a scale related to the length of the proposed railway , to anything up to £75,000 and also included the cost for holding any public inquiry that was deemed necessary . |
| 12 | In summary then , the action project appears not to have made a great deal of difference to people 's receipt of other services , except that it has probably kept some sufferers away from day care and has increased home help hours for its own clients ( and probably allayed the need for home help among other clients ) . |
| 13 | He nodded and clearly recognised the answer for what it was — an understatement . |
| 14 | From 1913 to 1918 she was secretary of the Women 's Labour League , and strongly defended the need for separate women 's political organizations , at least until women had acquired political experience and maturity comparable with that of men . |
| 15 | They had not taken the time to find out that it was actually the women who traditionally grew the rice for domestic consumption and then exchanged the surplus for other goods or services . |
| 16 | Harry had settled himself for the night and then felt the need for a drink of water . |
| 17 | In a major success on June 18 they defeated SOC forces at Kompong Thom , and then held the town for a short time before withdrawing . |
| 18 | After his ordination to the priesthood by the Cardinal Vicar for Rome ( May 1899 ) , Eugenio himself studied law and then entered the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs ( now the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church ) , which handled relations between the Holy See and civil governments . |
| 19 | I shall take your Christmas pudding with me , and the box of dates too , and I shall tell them all how you came this morning with presents and decorations and then found the mistletoe for me ! |
| 20 | In one extreme case the Newcastle prescribing index increased the practice relation to the family health services authority average by 50% for cost and yet decreased the relation for items by 1% ( fig 3 ) . |
| 21 | After providing music for the Druid Theatre 's production of Behan 's ‘ The Hostage ’ , she was invited to join Johnny McDonagh 's new group Arcady , and subsequently toured the world for eighteen months with The Waterboys , as well as contributing to their ‘ Room To Roam ’ album . |
| 22 | At the time , the term meant nothing to her , but she had been intrigued , read the references to the religious wars in the regional guide-book and mentally filed the information for future use . |
| 23 | They have often not promoted the idea that human nature is basically sound if encouraged , but rather emphasized the need for a concept of divine grace . |
| 24 | But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd . |
| 25 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 26 | The expanding volume of traffic not only brought into being the colourful and idiosyncratic travelling labour force of the canal boatmen but also increased the need for short-haul overland carriage , more expensive in cost per mile than long-haul and needing just as much muscle in loading and unloading . |
| 27 | And they would abolish the Audit Commission , which not only maintains the probity of local government accounting , but also pioneered the drive for better quality of service and value for money in local government . |
| 28 | In 1983–4 , Wirral not only made the headlines in the tabloid newspapers , but fast became the place for the in-depth story . |