Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 2 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 3 | Harrington did well temporarily for the same reason as my original Cheat did . |
| 4 | Rincewind looked around desperately for a boat , or a handhold up the sheer walls on either side of him . |
| 5 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 6 | Jane stamped sulkily upstairs for the trainers . |
| 7 | There was just enough speed for the aircraft to take off but unfortunately sustained flight was impossible and G-FLIX sank just enough for the main wheels to catch the edge of the dyke . |
| 8 | Four lines cut and skip through the waves as Grant pulls away steadily for the drag . |
| 9 | Rose walked on thoughtfully for a bit , then she turned to Hilary and said : ‘ You went to see your mother last week , did n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | Harry looked round desperately for the O'Hanlons to assist him , but the O'Hanlons had fainted at the very outset and had been dragged clear by Ram , who was now trying to fan them back to consciousness with a copy of the Illustrated London News . |
| 11 | The other talking point is the absence of Jonathan Webb who was in line , before Lansdowne Road , to do the midweek goal-kicking job which Bob Hiller did so invaluably for the triumphant 1971 Lions . |
| 12 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 13 | His dad Eric Magee turns out occasionally for the Pollock Park Taverners . |
| 14 | It was near here , at roughly four o'clock on the green , that I placed the small house where the two friends Ella and Dimity lived amicably together for a number of years . |
| 15 | Cotterell looked up blankly for a moment , and then Carson and his wallet slid into a niche in the young man 's mind and he smiled . |
| 16 | Joe looked round desperately for a place to put his hat , and finally laid it lovingly on a shelf . |
| 17 | Pascoe looked round hopelessly for a pen and paper , then memorized the information Thomas gave him — a room number and an address close to the edge of Zone Two . |
| 18 | The Falklands obliged Mrs Thatcher to behave more collectively for a time , as did the unexpectedly hostile reaction across the political spectrum to her handling of the trade-union issue at GCHQ , where policy-making by cabal truly backfired . |
| 19 | The great Waka Nathan touched down twice for the All Blacks . |
| 20 | St Peter walked along silently for a long distance . |
| 21 | In the second half Oxford eased off just for a bit , but when Luton opened fire United hit back with all guns blazing . |
| 22 | Susan bent forward slightly for a better view and saw what it was . |
| 23 | Masklin looked around automatically for a weapon . |
| 24 | Héloise de Rochefort stood very still for a moment , then she covered her face with her hands and began to cry in great , gusty , choking sobs . |
| 25 | But there had been a full moon last night , a bomber 's moon with all London laid out clearly for the Luftwaffe pilots . |
| 26 | ’ I 'm sure Phil Collins works so hard for The Princes Trust because he 's working hard for his CBE . |
| 27 | Eachuinn Odhar stood absolutely still for a long , long breath . |
| 28 | In November Gorbachev for the first time conceded that Moscow stood not only for a ‘ non-aligned , independent , sovereign Afghanistan ’ but a ‘ neutral Afghanistan ’ . |
| 29 | Isabel remained very still for a minute , thinking about how much worse she must look with red-rimmed eyes and tears mingling with the dirt on her face . |
| 30 | Urquhart sauntered along thoughtfully for a moment , stopped and turned to face her . |