Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Aggie swung round with a lightness that always denied her heavy bulk and made hastily for the door , Millie flew after her and , jumping in front of her , threw her arms around her waist as far as they would go , crying , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 2 | Lewis had fallen fast asleep on the back seat of the police car and remained so for the whole of the journey back to Oxford . |
| 3 | A number of English Protestants were , however , more ideologically motivated than their queen and campaigned vigorously for the adoption of an offensive Protestant alliance , with the aim not simply of protecting English security , but also of furthering the gospel and destroying the forces of Antichrist . |
| 4 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 5 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 6 | Famine at home did not deter the Tsars from exporting grain ; Stalin took a similarly hard-nosed approach , rationed consumption at home and sold abroad for the sake of political influence and foreign exchange . |
| 7 | None of this could detract from the supremacy of Williams , as Mansell and Patrese dominated the field and scrapped fiercely for the lead . |
| 8 | Cork hit the post in a desperate finish , but Quakers were caught on the break with only two minutes left when Warren Joyce broke down the right and crossed perfectly for the unmarked Jepson , who only minutes before had a goal ruled out for offside , to grab his second from close range . |
| 9 | A clear example of quite unpleasant physical damage , requiring weeks of recovery and inflicted purely for the ‘ pleasure ’ of the recipient — yet permitted by the law . |
| 10 | Agnes knew the room and went straight for the telephone . |
| 11 | It 's fizzing everywhere ! ’ as eighteen-year-old Andrew appeared from the laundry and raced desperately for the six tall flutes arranged on the counter-top in the kitchen . |
| 12 | Their venture had been from start to finish " planned by the woollen interests , financed from the profits of that trade and built predominantly for the needs of the woollen industry . " |
| 13 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of Use or in any restriction of driving to specified persons in this Policy the indemnity to the Policyholder in connection with any motor car described in the Schedule shall operate while such motor car is in the custody or control of a member of the Motor Trade and used only for the purpose of its overhaul upkeep or repair . |
| 14 | But the sheaf was always cut The last sheaf was cut then it was er put in the barn and kept there for the year and |
| 15 | As darkness fell again they took turns to wash in the tent , and then they lay together under the night sky and reached again for the stars . |
| 16 | Franco , however , instinctively rejected the risks involved in an audacious operation and opted instead for the less ambitious objective of driving a wedge between the city and its northern line of defence , in the Guadarrama mountains , by severing the road and rail communications north-westwards out of the city , towards La Coruña . |
| 17 | Although born and bred in the country and reinstalled there for the past 30 years , I fear I am not a proper countryman ; London has dished me . |
| 18 | He caught the line the Zodiac side of the gunman , wrapped it round his right wrist and kicked hard for the surface . |
| 19 | The Gnomes sat together at the end of the breakfast table and waited anxiously for the verdict . |