Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O'Connor and Brown ( 1984 ) suggested that one explanation may be that Henderson did not differentiate between the actual support provided in terms of confiding and frequency of contact and the attachment felt for the person named . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , and there is one other thing , ’ the Patrician said , as the wizard groped for the door handles . |
| 3 | The tide turned for the French when , under the inspired leadership of Joan of Arc , Charles was taken to Reims to be crowned king in the cathedral in 1429 . |
| 4 | It is not at all clear when the money stented for the repair of the bridges and the enclosing of the churchyards was paid and the work completed . |
| 5 | A tense 40 minutes followed as the gang waited for the arrival of a security van , loaded with double Christmas wages for local firms in Blackley , Manchester . |
| 6 | The Admiral reached for the pipe that lay on the table beside him , took out a tobacco pouch , filled the pipe carefully , lit it , sucked in the smoke and blew it out luxuriously . |
| 7 | Much more important was to contemplate how Africanist personae , narrative , and idiom moved and enriched the text in self-conscious ways , to consider what the engagement meant for the work of the writer 's imagination . |
| 8 | The figure leapt for the top of the wall and was almost over when Martin jumped , grabbed its leg and pulled down as hard as he could . |
| 9 | And the car — the car headed for the Monument , ’ explained Jack as his mother came slowly over . |
| 10 | As the search started for the cause of the tragedy , the Prime Minister offered his sympathy to the families but stressed there was no evidence that precautions were ignored . |
| 11 | The IM reached for the telephone that linked him by direct line to Bacton . |
| 12 | ( When the mill closed for the summer break , the town would also close for the summer break ) . |
| 13 | The panic receded for the time being . |
| 14 | It is my understanding from the reply there 's a fairly clear statement there that that was done erm I indeed have a copy of the principal briefing paper which the Director prepared for the panel , Chairman it outlined the background to the structure plan review , it referred to the previously approved structure plans , copies of which were appended to the briefing paper . |
| 15 | The general apologized for the dearth of corned beef sandwiches , but was able to produce a mutton broth , lamb , potatoes and cabbage and a bottle of Hock to go with it . |
| 16 | The plaintiff asked for the whole of the profits on the brassieres but the defendant said that the account of profits should only be based on the profit resulting from the wrongful use of the confidential information ; that is , the profit relating to the parts of the brassieres incorporating the confidential information . |
| 17 | He was on stage for most of the first act , and it was only when the curtain fell for the interval that he could concentrate on anything other than the play . |
| 18 | For most people the church provided the main consolations in a short and hard life : devotions , ritual and , occasionally , the feasts of Scot ales , where the parson paid for the drink , and on great occasions , such as the Feast of St Pancras in Lewes , festivities and public ceremony . |
| 19 | He was interested in how far Siward had taken his men back into the untouched part of the forest , where the clearing kept for the highway from Dunedin to the Forth crossing had encouraged the fire to turn to one side , helped by the slight change of wind . |
| 20 | Their meeting finished , the last details all sewn up , the crew headed for the door . |
| 21 | Of course the moth went for the light , Jay went under the pillow , and the moth settled on a huge picture she had of a golden African dawn . |
| 22 | Our business is personal with him and if you get between us — ’ The factor waited for the threat but a tall cloaked figure standing beside Menzies had pulled his arm to forestall him . |
| 23 | All he could remember was that TOWs were shipped at some point ; that ‘ the price asked for the military was twelve million two ’ ; that the aircraft could turn round and abort the delivery if the hostages were not released , which he thought was ‘ a most unusual thing ’ ; and that it was definitely not ‘ the Khomeini ’ with whom he had been doing business . |
| 24 | Ironically , the day began for the prince and princess in the grand Presidential Palace in the Korean capital Seoul , with President Roh through a translator telling them : ‘ You are a very beautiful couple . ’ |
| 25 | The very first week we ever tried it ( just after the sports hall had been built ) , the instruction was to go straight to the sports hall when the bell rang for the start of school . |
| 26 | When , on 1 January 1864 , the tsar legislated for the creation of the new assemblies — " zemstva " ( or , if the plural is anglicized , " zemstvos " ) — they seemed not only to represent provincial society as a whole but also to possess considerable authority . |
| 27 | Analysing the difference between Labour and the Tories , Mr Kinnock said that while Labour planned ahead for the future , the Government waited for the future to come and hit them . |
| 28 | The woman screamed , the man went for the bedroom door and met the first FBI man on the landing . |
| 29 | A nurse has said she was accosted by a man soon after the killing on the M-fifty , while the man jailed for the murder was hundreds of miles away in Scotland . |
| 30 | With the financial institutions of the City closed for the weekend the normally bustling streets were clear enough to allow bursts of sixty to seventy miles an hour . |