Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Opposition to the ban has forced Governor Wiyogo to apologize publicly for the heavy-handed tactics of the authorities .
2 Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 .
3 Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 .
4 This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully .
5 " Ask Dr. Lorrimer to come down for a few minutes , will you please ? "
6 Before returning to England he was asked to persuade Gladstone to come over for the 1878 Yale ‘ commencement ’ but he would plead in vain .
7 But Solomona caused more havoc with another explosive burst and the ball was fanned right for full-back Sean Tyrer to stroll over for a sixth Oldham try .
8 He has since left BP to sign up for an American company in Oklahoma .
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