Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The two owners were aged 84 and 71 and , after the chewing incident , the RSPCA swapped it for a smaller dog . |
| 4 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Vitor studied her for a long , piercing moment . |
| 7 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 8 | Charles pressed it for a long time . |
| 9 | Instead Barclays asked him for an extra £15 commission on his traveller 's cheques . |
| 10 | 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 . |