Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 . |
| 2 | Miloš and Marasli negotiated a settlement which provided for a Serbian administration , based on a national council of the knezovi of each of the twelve nahijes , who in their own districts would work alongside a Turkish administrator ( müsellim ) . |
| 3 | It was just a fantasy I nurtured for a few years as I puffed and panted my way through the ten-foots and alleyways of downtown Hull . |
| 4 | At a meeting of the party 's national executive committee which prepared for a radical shake-up in Labour 's constitution , Mr Smith backed the sweeping away of union involvement in choosing the leader and MPs . |
| 5 | Balfour 's government introduced an Education Act which provided for an orderly scheme for elementary and secondary education in schools administered by Local Authorities . |
| 6 | All were charged under the National Security Law which provided for a maximum penalty of death by hanging . |
| 7 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 8 | In front of Celtic 's lowest home gate of the season , the two sides served up a superb all-action second half which compensated for a dour first session . |
| 9 | The USA also approved a separate , vaguely worded and non-binding preamble which called for an eventual Middle East peace conference . |
| 10 | Perhaps because of his career as a Naval Officer during the First World War he worked for a long period during the Second World War at the Admiralty . |
| 11 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 12 | It was faith in a God Who cared for an individual , and spoke to him , lovingly and regularly . |
| 13 | The next day he went for a long walk , about 20 miles , during which he did a good deal of clear thinking in the mountains . |
| 14 | What , for instance , would Ken have in common with Andrew Ray , who was then just twenty-three years old ( Ken was now forty ) and who made known and very clear the attraction he felt for a pretty girl ? |
| 15 | Last night he played for a hand-picked team of personal friends against the national side after recent appearances to help out injury-hit Bayern Munich . |
| 16 | The question of who is an " occupant " is discussed in Paterson v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 37 , where a new manager who applied for a permanent transfer of an off sale licence was held not to be an " occupant " where he had no interest in the premises other than as an employee . |
| 17 | But our rate was fixed , the girls 's rate We worked for a fixed rate . |
| 18 | When I met him at Wentworth earlier this week he called for a peaceful Ryder Cup match against the Americans at The Belfry in September . |
| 19 | The Scot forged into a 6-5 lead after eight ends of the opening set but Allcock grabbed the double he needed for a 7-6 win , before quickly putting the second out of Muir 's reach . |
| 20 | Harry 's weight swung him round but did not tear him from his hold , and it was the boy and not the man who hung for a long , palpitating moment suspended on the edge of the drop . |
| 21 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 22 | After battling winds and rain across the lake we stopped for a nutritious lunch and continued to battle our way to our second night 's camp . |
| 23 | When we reached the jetty we paused for a few moments to look across at the islet . |
| 24 | Scott inherited the family estate in 1596 , but from 1612 until towards the end of his life he lived for a good part of the year in Canterbury . |
| 25 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 26 | It is selected from the pages of the BDN , to which he was a frequent contributor and on whose editorial board he served for a long period : A combined system is one which includes all useful methods and techniques and adapts them and uses them according to the particular needs of the child . |
| 27 | She said Judge Allen should have made an example of Clarke and she criticised an earlier sentence he received for a 1983 drink driving offence — a £150 fine and 18-month ban . |
| 28 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 29 | So in the case of a ruler who reigned for a long time , coins enable us to date the changes during the reign . |
| 30 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |