Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yanto closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable . |
| 2 | Indeed , food requirements can rise anywhere from five to ten times that needed for a similar ectotherm . |
| 3 | In my opinion the Italian Federation should even now refund substantial sums of money to all the countries that attended for the dreadful food and facilities . |
| 4 | The Company did not send expeditions of its own into this area for over a century ; like the East India and the Royal Africa Companies it established trading posts and waited for the local inhabitants to come and trade at them . |
| 5 | That done , the wee dandy , roofed by a wig of blazing defiance , hooked thumbs into his waistcoat pockets and sauntered for the bar-top city heights . |
| 6 | Zacchaeus gritted his teeth and waited for a great long telling off from Jesus . |
| 7 | Several years ago , when General Motors reached agreement on a contract with the United Auto Workers that called for a new relationship based on cooperation and shared sacrifice , and then , on the same day , announced a new formula for generous executive bonuses , long-time union members simply nodded to themselves . |
| 8 | THE Bundesbank indicated yesterday that there were no immediate plans to reduce interest rates and pleaded for a rigorous savings campaign by Germans to combat rising debts . |