Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] 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 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 9 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 16 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 17 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 18 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 19 | Leo asked her for the second time . |
| 20 | Instead Barclays asked him for an extra £15 commission on his traveller 's cheques . |
| 21 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |
| 22 | The recorder Nicholas Jarman jailed him for a further 3 and a half years for what he described as a terrible act with the most appalling consequences . |