Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with the word ‘ church ’ , the synagogue came to stand for the building as well as the people meeting there . |
| 2 | He joined the RAF fresh from A-levels and says he decided to go for the degree so he would have another string to his bow . |
| 3 | Gilman employed ‘ scientific ’ experiments described by him as follows : ‘ The observer , an intelligent man with good eyesight , and well accustomed to museums and their contents , was instructed to answer the questions with the least possible exertion and to hold the position he needed to assume for the purpose until he could be photographed . ’ |
| 4 | When I sold CBS the video I kept apologising for the movement because it was so shaky . |
| 5 | But each could and did act for the other when necessary ; and English diplomats abroad frequently corresponded with both . |
| 6 | He had reached for the Ruger as soon as he had seen the taxi pull up , and he had had the Ruger in his grip when the front door opposite had opened , and he had loosened the grip when he had seen that the target carried no cases , only had his daughters ’ hands in his . |
| 7 | When he asked about the lack of black faces , he was told that no blacks had qualified for the university because of the institution 's high standards . |