Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Richard Baxter laboured solidly for fourteen years in Kidderminster , and the Lord was pleased to bless the ministry of His servant to an extraordinary degree . |
| 2 | Tuan Ti Fo stood there for some time , staring at the door , the wicker basket resting lightly in his hand . |
| 3 | Back from injury , Selby skipper Ray Adamson kicked well for good positions downfield and he also succeeded with three penalties and converted one of scrum half Dave Bramley 's two tries . |
| 4 | Graham Money played superbly for 73 , but the leaders ' hopes of an eighth win from 10 games were frustrated , despite another superb exhibition of spin bowling by John O'Brien . |
| 5 | That they went just past the half-thousand was mainly due to Sohail , but the neat little Asif Mujtaba beavered away for 57 , and at tea the score stood at 252 for 2 , Sohail having gone to his century , the first ever for Pakistan in a Manchester Test , with an ondriven three from his 127th ball . |
| 6 | In casting the Sensorites Mervyn Pinfield went deliberately for older , more rotund actors . |
| 7 | Congregationalist , Philip Doddridge preached here for 22 years and became a famous local figure . |
| 8 | They were gentle , because Bridget Ryan was a quiet woman ; Jack Ryan blustered enough for both of them . |
| 9 | They were buffeted psychologically as well as physically , and , although W.G. Quaife batted tidily for undefeated 40 , the crafty Hampshire pair , Alec Kennedy ( 4 for 47 ) and Jack Newman ( 5 for 53 ) ran through Warwickshire for 158 , the last wicket falling at 4.20pm . |
| 10 | A year or so earlier George Younger stepped aside for Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home , who had renounced his peerage . |
| 11 | Isabel Lavender had never for one moment doubted that everything would somehow , eventually , go her way , though she could accept the idea of temporary setbacks . |
| 12 | Chasing 199 , which included a half century from Ireland all-rounder Paul McCrum , the north Belfast side managed just for nine with Chris Davis top-scoring with 35 . |
| 13 | Louisa Twining campaigned ceaselessly for trained nurses and matrons . |
| 14 | The Wood family lived here for three hundred years until the death of the last male heir in 1743 . |