Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metal bubbled for an eye-aching moment , and then the door fell in two pieces in the passage beyond . |
| 2 | The only interesting point to emerge was that the Roman ditch continued an almost certainly unbroken course northwards past the medieval gate and its street to terminate 5.5 m ( 18 ft ) beyond them , while both the early rampart and the Roman wall continued for an unknown distance beyond this end of the ditch . |
| 3 | The bank asked for an independent appraisal . |
| 4 | It was probably unconnected , but the superintendent nurse asked for an extra scrubber for the male side , and the temporary appointment was approved . |
| 5 | On Nov. 8 a UN human rights panel asked for an official explanation why the Oufkir family and the left-wing leader Abraham Serfaty were still imprisoned . |