Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The South Wales authorities have also joined forces with those in South West England to press for a through rail link with the Tunnel thus avoiding the need to cross London from Paddington to the Waterloo terminal , and for the electrification of the main lines from Paddington to Bristol and Penzance , Paddington to Swansea , and Waterloo to Exeter . |
| 2 | It is interesting here to note that it is paralleled by one from Islam of how Allah sent the angel Gabriel to search for a pious man in a certain place . |
| 3 | The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to a hitherto generally unobserved feature of the parallelistic couplet in Hebrew poetry , a feature which may offer a point de départ for a revised perception of the nature of the parallelistic couplet as such . |
| 4 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 5 | The campaign Full Employment UK argues for a four-pronged attack on the supply side that will guarantee the abolition of long-term unemployment . |
| 6 | Later that year McNamara pressed for a conventional build-up by all the members of Nato so that a Warsaw Pact attack in the heart of Europe could be resisted long enough ( without recourse to nuclear weapons ) to persuade the USSR of the gravity of the situation and to encourage it to negotiate . |
| 7 | The Soul Eater crouched for a few moments and Nuadu saw that a thin silvery fluid was beginning to course along its hollow talons . |
| 8 | With the Italian press still buzzing with the story of the Grand Canal assault , Denis Law 's brother Joe arrived for a short holiday from Aberdeen . |