Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From here , a futher interpretation of the Miller 's Tale may be proposed which is similar in form to that of Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin recalled just above , although far less severe , morally , than either that proposed for the French fabliau or that of the allegorizers . |
| 2 | There has been a lot of debate about the reasons for producing complicated patterns on the suture line ; what advantage would this have given the ammonoids over their nautiloid ancestors , that allowed for the explosive bursts of ammonoid evolution ? |
| 3 | In my opinion the Italian Federation should even now refund substantial sums of money to all the countries that attended for the dreadful food and facilities . |
| 4 | Anyone who indulged in it for its own sake was an out-and-out sinner — and that went for the resulting offspring , too . ’ |
| 5 | It was Daedalian blood that accounted for the native handiness and wit and industry of the people of Ninfania , the father had always thought . |
| 6 | The Leeds manager would never have been given air time on general football matters as he was always perceived as someone who was fronting an organisation that stood for the worst things in football . |
| 7 | I eventually got back to the switchboard and asked for the neurosurgical bed manager . |
| 8 | This spelt out in more detail what 5 Corps had learned from Maj-Gen Schmidt-Richberg about the approach of the Army Group E forces from the south , and asked for the specific authorization 5 Corps required to accept the surrender of these enormous numbers of fugitives as " formed bodies " . |
| 9 | With its occupants pushed firmly back into their seats , the Turbo R thumped a hole in the air and lunged for the far horizon , covering the quarter-mile in a staggering 14.8secs on the way . |
| 10 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 11 | He stood and made for the other room . |
| 12 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |
| 13 | Freud moved from Vienna in 1938 , when the Nazis took over , and lived for the last year of his life in London . |
| 14 | The two women jumped out and sprinted for the front door of the cottage , Donna struggling with the key . |
| 15 | He seemed embarrassed and stammered for the first time in his English . |
| 16 | I discarded my unfamiliar new slinky satin pyjamas for my familiar old sweater and jeans and headed for the nearest shops . |
| 17 | The , finally remembering all that I had been told , I capsized myself and grabbed onto the canoe and paddle and headed for the nearest bank . |
| 18 | He promptly turned off the by-pass and headed for the nearest hospital . |
| 19 | She picked up her jacket and handbag and headed for the distant clubhouse . |
| 20 | Nails laughed , and headed for the industrial estate . |
| 21 | She left the buffet and headed for the small John Menzies shop opposite . |
| 22 | We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . |
| 23 | So I left Derek and Brian by the door of the pub and headed for the open country . |
| 24 | When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 25 | I left him there , and headed for the next block . |
| 26 | At about 5.30pm on Sunday everybody shut off their music and headed for the main stage to hear the results . |
| 27 | Hitch watched the tail lights of the Lancia disappear and headed for the public telephones nearby . |
| 28 | He was much respected for his knowledge of golf courses , but was a throwback to the days when caddies wore old macs or tweed overcoats , slept rough in the summer , and in October committed a misdemeanour mild enough to ensure six months in jail to see them through the winter and send them out sobered up and refreshed for the new golf season . |
| 29 | In conclusion , I 'd like to warn Ben that the Plage route at Buoux is n't his project , but one which was undertaken and tried for the first time by Le Menestrel , and that he has no particular rights over it . |
| 30 | He was arrested and tried for the first time in April 1916 . |