Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [pos pn] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting down the telephone , she tried to sort out her motive for promising to go out with Giles . |
| 2 | In a statement on May 10 , Odinga vowed to carry on his fight for political pluralism . |
| 3 | CD began writing up his travels for the Daily News , of which he was the first editor , and 8 ‘ Travelling Letters ’ appeared there between 21 Jan. and 11 Mar. 1846 , ending with the section entitled ‘ Piacenza to Bologna ’ in the book ; the ‘ Travelling Letters ’ were revised , and the remaining sections written for its publication as Pictures from Italy in May 1846 ( Bradbury & Evans , 1 vol . ) . |
| 4 | The sky had darkened to violet by the time Mortimer had formed up his troops for the march out of town , and a star-speckled dome was overhead when the column of fifty Marines , plus Benny , Ace and Petion marched out of Port-au-Prince at a slight jog . |
| 5 | The phrasing got so slow and emphatic that you knew that she wanted you to listen to and weigh up every single word ; but you could n't tell if each word was freighted with anger , or bitterness , or joy ; it just came out with great , quiet force , and you had to work out its tone for yourself . |
| 6 | A commercial bank had turned down his application for a loan because he could not provide collateral and besides , the money he needed was ‘ too small ’ . |
| 7 | He could see from the changing mottle of the secretary 's complexion that Garvey had made up his mind for him . |
| 8 | She had offered up her illness for her mother 's soul . |
| 9 | James Menzies had locked up his warehouse for the day and come over in time to be included in the lengthening list . |
| 10 | I told her that at last I knew what really had happened to my father , her beloved husband , the man who had laid down his life for his country . |
| 11 | PTI reported on Feb. 2 that the separatist United Liberation Front of Assam ( ULFA ) had set out its terms for discussions with the central government in a recent letter to the state Governor D. D. Thakur . |
| 12 | His bride was called Anne Nickerson , the daughter of an Essex landowner whose reluctant consent to an army marriage had turned to whole-hearted approval when Peter d'Alembord had put up his captaincy for sale . |
| 13 | Adam had put out his hand for the citronella but Rufus stopped him . |
| 14 | Amy had screwed up her courage for this . |
| 15 | We 've got the contract to convert the place into holiday flats and Collins wanted to talk over our arrangements for doing the work . |
| 16 | You know I have always wanted to get married , not for always , but just for once in my life I wanted to live out my love for a man like they did . |