Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite what the taxpayer got for the extra money is not readily apparent . |
| 2 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
| 3 | But when they cast off Penry seemed reassuringly unconcerned , and sang under his breath as the Angharad headed for the turbulent stretch of sea separating Gullholm from the coast . |
| 4 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 5 | The figure budgeted for the whole year had been 40,000 million roubles . |
| 6 | There 's even a 100MHz dual-processor penned for the second quarter of next year using Cypress ' promised three-layer , 0.5 CMOS technology , touted at up to 320 MIPS , 162 SPECmarks , 142 SPECfp and 77 MFLOPS . |
| 7 | ‘ Nine players in that side appeared for the first team later . |
| 8 | On a wild and windy day , with gusts of rain driving into the side of the crematorium , an Anglican priest waited for the next funeral to commence . |
| 9 | Some of the fans remember it , their memory jogged by the 3p programme which the club reproduced for the last round against Bromsgrove . |
| 10 | Some of the fans remember it , their memory jogged by the 3p programme which the club reproduced for the last round against Bromsgrove . |
| 11 | The headless trunk stood for a long second , the blood fountaining in a gush of scarlet from the raw stump of its neck , before collapsing bonelessly to the mat . |
| 12 | The question asked for the total wage bill and went on : |
| 13 | The Queen asked for a three-month cooling off period . |
| 14 | Two days passed , and on Sunday , 16 December , the schooner tried for a second time to get to Fort Davey but was forced back . |
| 15 | British sport began for the first time to embrace commercialism , although the process was cautious and gradual . |
| 16 | The Legal Services Committee continued in 1992 where it left off in 1991 and in January 1992 representatives of the committee appeared for the third time before the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct . |
| 17 | A separation appeared for the first time between design and production . |
| 18 | Doubt was cast on Cameron 's results partly by the lack of control data he offered , and , later , after his death , his reputation for scientific integrity was irretrievably damaged by the revelation that much of his experimental work had for a long time been secretly supported by the CIA , including some rather insidious studies of the effects of covertly administered LSD on the behaviour of unsuspecting people . |
| 19 | Washington 's key economic gauge faltered for a second month in September . |
| 20 | Furious Saints fans ran on to the pitch in anger just before the final whistle as their team headed for a 2–1 defeat by QPR . |
| 21 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 22 | ‘ By the beginning of 1960 ’ , he wrote , ‘ it could no longer be denied that certain parts of London at night were dominated by a new spirit of insecurity ’ : ‘ juvenile delinquency had for the first time in Britain become elevated to the status of a national problem ’ . |
| 23 | Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago . |
| 24 | The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould . |
| 25 | Several speakers at the seminar argued for a monetary value to be placed on resources such as irrigation water . |
| 26 | The mixture fizzed like mad , you swallowed the concoction and with little delay sprinted for the nearest lavatory , hoping that your speed would be faster than the deadly powder . |
| 27 | And yet , as the sentry yelled for a stable boy to take Guy 's horse before they mounted the outer stairway of the forebuilding , he felt every muscle in his body tighten . |
| 28 | The metal bubbled for an eye-aching moment , and then the door fell in two pieces in the passage beyond . |
| 29 | Many of those who talked and wrote about the concept pined for the ideal situation which had existed in ancient Greece where |
| 30 | The general election was held on 18 June , and election and examination fever coincided for the first time since 1945 . |