Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the air catches the membranes , the fish is lifted above the waves and it glides for hundreds of metres leaving its pursuers baffled . |
| 2 | Brin was issued with false documents to fool the Germans and he worked for 5 months with the resistance , helping allied servicemen to escape along the so called Comet line ; a 1,500 mile route across Europe from Holland through Belgium and France , on through Spain to the safety of Gibraltar . |
| 3 | Brin was issued with false documents to fool the Germans and he worked for 5 months with the resistance , helping allied servicemen to escape along the so called Comet line ; a 1,500 mile route across Europe from Holland through Belgium and France , on through Spain to the safety of Gibraltar . |
| 4 | The authors propose two ways forward : they encourage a change in attitudes and they call for some specific legislative measures . |
| 5 | There was the afternoon when he drove out to the Crumbles and they slept for three hours , the wind pushing at the side of the car like a crowd . |
| 6 | Collecting waste is the responsibility of Local Councils and we pay for this through our taxes . |
| 7 | He had my old measurements and I apologised for all that I was doing to his calculations . |