Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |
| 2 | I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If you must have chapter and verse — you remember that piece I did for the Statesman ? |
| 4 | In the camp canteen I looked for the woman who had encouraged me to come to what , by the minute , I was beginning to feel was a god-forsaken hole . |
| 5 | These interventions , associated with the Keynesian revolution in economic thinking which called for the state to become involved in maintaining the level of aggregate demand in the economy through the use of budgetry policies , have been seen not as a triumph of democratic struggle but as a further example of the use of the state as an instrument of the interests of the ruling class . |
| 6 | When war broke out in South Africa MacBride was one of the first and most prominent members of the Irish Brigade which fought for the Boer republics , and at Ladysmith , Colenso , and elsewhere he proved himself to be a brave and resourceful soldier . |
| 7 | Then at top speed she raced for the keeper 's cottage . |
| 8 | J. S. Homes , the National Liberal MP for Harwich , made an early visit , closely followed by the mayor who arranged for the town band to give a concert . |
| 9 | Gavin Nebbeling was a tall , upright , South African central defender who played for the Palace throughout the 1980s , but his career was continually dogged by injury and this rather limited his value , although his League appearances exceeded 150 by the time he moved on to Fulham in the summer of 1989 . |
| 10 | Among his patrons was Lord Conway , a wealthy Irish peer whose agent he became for the purchase of rare books in London . |
| 11 | In effect it provided for the dismemberment of Abyssinia and the giving to Mussolini of about half of what he had set himself to achieve by conquest . |
| 12 | It is unfortunate that Dustin did not similarly mime the songs he sings while strumming a guitar ( an instrument he studied for the part ) , because his singing voice is strained and uncomfortably high . |
| 13 | By then , however , such was the devastation of churches and church lands that although the York clergy granted a tenth , which was to be collected in two instalments during 1317 ( a delay eloquent of their difficulties ) , they successfully insisted on a revised valuation of their livings : instead of the tenth being levied on the 1291 valor , compiled before the Scottish war began , it was to be calculated according to the true current valuation of livings , a reduced level which endured for the rest of the Middle Ages . |
| 14 | It is ironic that Holmes 's acceptance of the meritocratic possibilities of democratisation should have led to an Act which allowed for the creation of the comprehensive school — but in fact the ideology he shared with other administrators was one that could embrace the comprehensive , which was , at times , argued in the context of a more successful way of providing a selective education . |
| 15 | The US Supreme Court on Dec. 12 struck down a New York state law which provided for the seizure of profits made by convicted criminals from publicizing their crimes . |
| 16 | The ruling Military Committee of National Salvation ( CMSN ) on July 25 adopted a law which allowed for the setting up of political parties , with the exception of specifically Islamic parties or parties based on race or region . |
| 17 | With a resolute nod she reached for the telephone . |
| 18 | On leaving Oxford without a degree he studied for the stage at the Embassy Theatre School , and made his London début at the Queen 's Theatre on 6 September 1937 with ( Sir ) John Gielgud in Shakespeare 's Richard II . |
| 19 | When I went to live in the attic , Jean-Claude still took it for granted that the wood he needed for the stove should be filched from the railway sidings . |
| 20 | At last he raised his head , and with a feeling of dread she searched for the triumph she was sure she must see now in his eyes . |
| 21 | ‘ Poor thing , ’ she might have said another time , but now any sympathy she had for the machine was swamped by her fears for her children . |
| 22 | Despising herself for her weakness she reached for the telephone , dialling Nick 's number . |
| 23 | When making an appointment the court must consider appointing the guardian who acted for the child previously ( FPCR , r10(8) ; FPR , r4.10(8) ) . |
| 24 | When both mares began aiding and abetting one another to increase the confusion and alarm , somewhere high over the Gulf I made for the cabin to solicit help . |
| 25 | Now that MIPS Technologies Inc is in its back pocket , Silicon Graphics Inc has gone ahead and acted on its promise to service MIPS ' OEM business which accounted for the bulk of its revenues . |
| 26 | This unexpected move came at the end of an NPFL conference which called for the continuation of the peace process and the enforcement of the Yammoussoukro agreement as outlined in the Geneva agreement . |
| 27 | So it is a hostile atmosphere and so hostile was it in the United Nations that the Americans decided to cripple it , and what they did was to invoke erm an article which called for the removal of votes from those states who were in , who were in arrears in the payment of their dues , of their , their funds and there were several countries in that category , two of them the Soviet Union and France , and the reason why they had not pal paid their dues was because they objected to the use of the , these funds for peacekeeping forces which had not been authorized by the Security Council , in their argument the Security Council was the , the supreme authority and the General Assembly had in fact not the right to authorize er peacekeeping activities and indeed , if you read the charter , this is the case although legal advice is conflicting on that point as it usually is . |
| 28 | So it is a hostile atmosphere and so hostile was it in the United Nations that the Americans decided to cripple it , and what they did was to invoke erm an article which called for the removal of votes from those states who were in , who were in arrears in the payment of their dues , of their , their funds and there were several countries in that category , two of them the Soviet Union and France , and the reason why they had not pal paid their dues was because they objected to the use of the , these funds for peacekeeping forces which had not been authorized by the Security Council , in their argument the Security Council was the , the supreme authority and the General Assembly had in fact not the right to authorize er peacekeeping activities and indeed , if you read the charter , this is the case although legal advice is conflicting on that point as it usually is . |
| 29 | A neighbour at his home in Southend , Essex , said : ‘ He was a smashing lad who lived for the Army . |
| 30 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |