Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 2 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 3 | Designed to counteract poor visibility on murky winter afternoons , it had been used in Scotland and by the visiting South Africans in 1924 before Arsenal adopted it for a public trial match three years later . |
| 4 | The two owners were aged 84 and 71 and , after the chewing incident , the RSPCA swapped it for a smaller dog . |
| 5 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 6 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 7 | Knowing that it would annoy Geoffrey , Anthony braced himself for the ensuing argument . |
| 8 | Claudia Yeo nerved herself for a final effort . |
| 9 | GINA MORRIS joins him for a big breakfast . |
| 10 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 11 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 12 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 13 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 14 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 15 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 16 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 17 | Delaney readied himself for the final assault . |
| 18 | Whatever the meaning for those twelve disciples on that short mission ( and the Spirit may well have come upon them temporarily as he did upon the Old Testament of God to equip them for a special purpose ) , it is hard to mistake the shadow this event casts towards the time of the Church , when men sent out by Jesus ( ‘ sent one' is the root meaning of the word ‘ apostle ’ ) would be equipped by the Spirit given them by Jesus , for carrying out Jesus ' own mission in the world . |
| 19 | Thus it is that the Tamar , beautiful as the nymph whose name she bears , winds her way from the rugged north coast between the hills , to be joined by the Tavy , flowing from Dartmoor to join her for the last few miles to the sea , while the luckless Torridge flows ever northward in vain pursuit of Tamara 's beauty . |
| 20 | Mike said nothing for a few minutes . |
| 21 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 22 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 23 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 24 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 25 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 26 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 27 | Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her . |
| 28 | Mr Brownlow said nothing for a few seconds , but simply stared at Rose . |
| 29 | Foley said nothing for a good few seconds . |
| 30 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |