Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their presence made it hard for the women to rescue the corpses of the drowned , and many bodies had to be abandoned to them . |
| 2 | Twelve years after the Republicans moved into the White House and 13 months after the Arkansas governor launched his long-shot bid to win it back for the Democrats , the man on the defensive was Mr Bush . |
| 3 | Nancy was able to come to Bedford and a kindly Methodist lady put her up for the night . |
| 4 | A branch line train took us to Aubagne where a coach picked us up for the journey up to the camp . |
| 5 | It is n't a question of the Director working it out for the Designer . |
| 6 | His hands were not particularly robust , but he missed very few matches until June 1952 , when appendicitis ruled him out for the rest of the summer . |
| 7 | But it was left to Oxford Hawks in the gold shirts and Gloucester City in the red to battle it out for the minor places in a Central South derby . |
| 8 | ‘ Any suggestion that your wife expects you home for the evening meal at a reasonable hour ’ is met with ‘ howls of derision ’ from older colleagues . |
| 9 | They said their father contacted them suddenly for the first time two months ago after walking out on them 18 years ago . |
| 10 | It was a mammoth task , but Finniston considers that his scientific background fitted him well for the challenge . |
| 11 | The format has to be reviewed in order to restore the balance between the desire to give the playing countries enough games in the early stage to sharpen them up for the knock-out competition , and the need for a structure that is both fair and seen to be fair . |
| 12 | She expected Urquhart but found first a message from her brother inviting her down for the weekend . |
| 13 | The latter victory was also somewhat remarkable as Cordwell , who is ranked one place above Reggi in 19th , was playing her first serious singles match since a back injury forced her out for the game almost six months ago . |
| 14 | ‘ It is n't a question of the Designer working it out for the Director . |