Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Wainwright is fifth choice at Bramall Lane and only made his debut for the reserves on Wednesday . |
2 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
3 | So began my search for a suitable bird . |
4 | At a meeting on 25th September they accepted his explanation and sent him back to Stockport , where he apparently continued his work for a total of thirteen years , until Chorleton returned to take up his position . |
5 | Falkenhayn wavered , finally gave his permission for the new attack , and even allocated a fresh division for it . |
6 | Enrile eventually withdrew his bid for the candidacy , but the party remained deeply divided with both Laurel and Cojuangco claiming that their candidacies represented the " real " NP . |
7 | Christies International , one of the world 's leading art auctioneers , yesterday revealed their profits for the last six months had been hammered by £1 million down to £2,112,000 . |
8 | Bush formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination on Feb. 12 — he had already spent several days informally campaigning in New Hampshire in January — to a cheering crowd of supporters in Washington DC . |
9 | THE SCOTTISH National Party yesterday signalled its strategy for the 1990 regional council elections and the next general election by accusing Labour of swallowing ‘ Thatcher values ’ . |
10 | DANISH international Bjorn Kristensen yesterday staked his claim for a First Division recall at Newcastle United . |
11 | The new government quickly showed its enthusiasm for the private medical sector which was growing rapidly in 1979 , and in 1980 Gerard Vaughan , Minister of Health , expressed the belief that it might grow to around one quarter of the size of the NHS . |
12 | Two centuries after Hale 's pronouncement , Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms . |
13 | MR JOHN SMITH , the Shadow Chancellor , formally launched his campaign for the Labour leadership yesterday with a cautious pledge to examine the role of the trade union block vote in the party 's affairs and to keep open the options for electoral reform . |
14 | Then I could walk home in daylight , but at bedtime I still searched my room for the murderer , who wore a black leather built-up surgical boot that swung and lurched down thick-pile carpets towards his victims . |
15 | He also used his chronicle for an assault on both the Right and the Left : Wigan Pier was as much a political tract as a travelogue , it was an indictment of the Right and an ultimatum to the Left . |
16 | In the following two years French governments repeatedly reaffirmed their support for the EDC , but did not submit the treaty for ratification . |
17 | At the same time , SunSelect also unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it to trip up the competition . |
18 | That visit resulted in ‘ Epiphany ’ in which you openly declared your admiration for the boldness of American humour . |
19 | The Security Council also confirmed its support for the role played by Pérez de Cuéllar , explicitly requesting him " to assist the two communities by making suggestions to facilitate the discussions " , and calling on both communities to co-operate with him " on an equal footing " . |
20 | They also approved his call for an extension of the boundary and he commented , ‘ This is democracy . ’ |
21 | But he also expressed his concern for the future of Scottish athletics : ‘ It 's pathetic really — there 's no second tier of world class athletes after Tom , Yvonne , Liz ( McColgan ) and Tom Hanlon . |
22 | In his inaugural address on taking office in January 1991 President Serrano credited the previous President , Vincio Cerezo Arévalo , with promoting national peace talks to end 30 years of civil war [ see pp. 37372 ; 37527 ; 37707 ] but also blamed his administration for the current economic crisis and social unrest and for the country 's lack of international credibility due to widespread corruption and human rights violations . |
23 | These changes gave museums the right to retain what they earned , to privatise some of their services such as restaurants , publishing etc , and also gave them responsibility for the maintenance of their buildings . |
24 | MINISTERS also published their plans for the ‘ cabling of Britain ’ last week . |
25 | Idealistic friars now put their arguments for a propertyless church to the service of Gaunt and other laymen who simply wanted to avail themselves of church wealth for the relief of their own tax burden . |
26 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
27 | In return the USA reportedly dropped its demand for a further $700 million from Japan , representing sums paid to the United Kingdom , France , and the Arab states which Japan had insisted should be set against the original pledge of $9,000 million . |
28 | When I saw the advertisement for the secondment , it immediately captured my interest for a whole host of reasons . |
29 | The foundation simply expressed its preference for a publisher , she says , with no talk of a quid pro quo . |
30 | He remained at Mosley 's side as the BUF lost the support of its most influential followers , and as it increasingly employed its members for the provocation of violence . |