Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laurence Gilliam of the BBC in London arranged and produced these impressive programmes and it was my pleasure and privilege to work with him for the Vancouver region for several years running . |
| 2 | He stood within the doorway looking at her for a moment . |
| 3 | She tried lifting her skirt to fish under it for the pocket hanging over her petticoat . |
| 4 | The county court judge gave judgment for the mother in an action brought by her for the £1 per week based upon the father 's undertaking . |
| 5 | Obviously he did n't remember me , for when the College wrote to him for a reference , he replied that he had not heard of me . |
| 6 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 7 | About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house . |
| 8 | The Statue of the Etook Ha'chllt he 'd bartered for in a little town called Slew , which was now , regrettably , a blasted spot , its citizens the victims of a purge visited upon them for the crime of a song , written in the dialect of their community , suggesting that the Autarch of Yzordderrex lacked testicles . |
| 9 | Yeah hall hired from you for a function |
| 10 | ‘ Rose went to bed , ’ Mona answered without looking up from her books and though the boy thought about it for a while he did not ask anything further . |
| 11 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
| 12 | This is to inform you all that me and my Companions have Unanamously agreed and likewise made Oath to Each other that if There is not a speedy Altaration made for the Good of the poore that you have corn thinking to make your fortunes of shall have it burnt to the Ground whether it Be in Stacks or Barns for the fire that took place Last Week was but the begining of your Troble , we know every Stack of Corn about this Country , and Every Barn that hath Corn concealed in it for the Purpos of starving the Poore But we are Determind if thare is to Be Starvation it shall be a General thing not a parcial one for both Gentle and Simple shall Starve if any Do . |
| 13 | Save as provided in regulation 36 of these regulations , no person , being a motor trader and the holder of a trade vehicle , shall use any mechanically propelled vehicle on a public road by virtue of that licence unless it is a vehicle which is temporarily in his possession in the course of his business as a motor trader or a recovery vehicle kept by him for the purpose of dealing with disabled vehicles in the course of that business . |
| 14 | At this point some other people arrived to catch the train and his attention turned to them for a split second and within that time the sound of the scrunching footsteps disappeared into the night . |
| 15 | He stood in the hallway puffing on it for a few seconds to make sure it was fully alight . |
| 16 | The defendants , some of them very young , belonged to a small left-wing group known as Everyone for the Motherland Movement ( Movimiento Todos por la Patria — MTP ) ; at the time 13 of them were arrested inside the barracks and five nearby , while two , including a priest , surrendered later . |
| 17 | His eye fell on it for the first time as it sprang onto the marble plinth and clutched at the neck of the vase to steady itself . |
| 18 | When a population gets out of balance with its environment disaster occurs : starvation , ecological collapse , and ultimately , the population falls upon itself for a bit of frantic nibbling and other distressed rat-type behaviour . |
| 19 | This is that city which readers of Crime and Punishment carry with them for the rest of their lives . |
| 20 | Yes , thanks to your incredibly generous friends at Public NME and our willingness to sleep with anyone for the sake of our readers , we 've got 20 copies of ‘ Bleach ’ , the classic debut set from Nirvana , to give away . |
| 21 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 22 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 23 | Section 245B provides that , as an alternative to an application to the court by the Secretary of State , such an application may be made ‘ by any person authorised by him for the purposes of this section . ’ |
| 24 | To lose him would be worse than losing himself : it would be losing the only chance left to him for the life he had always and violently lusted after . |
| 25 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 26 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 27 | Most of the 25,000 audience in the Palais Bercy could not see the platform because of the enormous scaffold bridge built across it for the cameras . |
| 28 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 29 | The woman stared at him for a moment , without expression , and then with a little smile handed the doll back to Artemis . |
| 30 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |