Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for the [adj] [noun] " 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 question asked for the total wage bill and went on : |
| 12 | British sport began for the first time to embrace commercialism , although the process was cautious and gradual . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A separation appeared for the first time between design and production . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | On the house ! ’ you are probably mumbling to yourself as you polish off the bottle of Jim Beam meant for the 15 April issue winner . |
| 17 | Just as this same lively and turbulent natural process did for the ancient Egyptians . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Many of those who talked and wrote about the concept pined for the ideal situation which had existed in ancient Greece where |
| 22 | The general election was held on 18 June , and election and examination fever coincided for the first time since 1945 . |
| 23 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
| 24 | But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence . |
| 25 | ‘ Good boy , ’ the Italian said for the last time , thickly , breathless . |
| 26 | The description of the man does n't fit that of the person wanted for the other attacks . ’ |
| 27 | And there the momentum of his pursuit faltered for the first time . |
| 28 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
| 29 | Flaubert 's niece asked for the traditional cast of the writer 's hand to be taken . |
| 30 | Although the accommodation remained spartan with bunk beds arranged in segregated dormitories , nevertheless , at a cost fixed at 1/ per night plus a shilling for breakfast , extended holidays in the countryside became for the first time a practical possibility for thousands previously denied them . |