Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun prp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I had been seeing Jessica for twelve months before she admitted to herself that her lover would never come back . |
2 | Clive Calver notes four things in its favour : ‘ One — it sets goals and avoids the waffle of ‘ we are seeking God for spiritual growth ’ . |
3 | British footie fans were combing Europe for new styles a decade ago , says Peter Hooton ( above ) , who documented the rise of the humble sports shoe via his fanzine , The End |
4 | It has been touring Britain for 30 years now . |
5 | USL is suing BSDI for unfair competition and for falsely advertising that its BSD/386 operating system , a derivative of the Network Release 2 work done by the University of California , Berkeley , is AT&T-free and needs no licence from USL . |
6 | To test the water , John McElroy , an American official , is visiting Europe for two weeks from 14 April . |
7 | Additionally Bruno Durieux ( Minister-Delegate for Health under former Prime Minister Edith Cresson until April 1992 ) was appointed Minister-Delegate for Foreign Trade . |
8 | Mamadou Coulibaly , a former Army Chief of Staff , was appointed Minister-Delegate for National Defence on Sept. 12 , 1989 , replacing Brig. -Gen . |
9 | The bulk of this short book consists of transcriptions of letters sent by Giardini to Leone while the latter was scouring Italy for suitable singers . |
10 | But Sir John French , already disheartened by the news that the French Government was leaving Paris for new headquarters at Bordeaux , was thinking of retreat to the Channel ports . |