Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 2 | Our canvas stretcher-beds were quickly drenched with blood , because we used them for the worst wounded — the others had to be laid on the tiled floor . |
| 3 | Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half-dozen patients in the waiting area . |
| 4 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 5 | Nothing , however , quite prepared us for the momentous last months of this decade . |
| 6 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |
| 7 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 8 | Rain watched her for the last few yards , noting how the morning 's cheerfulness had been replaced by anxiety . |
| 9 | Smith absented himself for the shortest possible time during the annual 1st Glasgow Company camp at Tighnabruaich in July 1909 to receive his knighthood in London . |
| 10 | Hill 's ban ended in time for the 1987 World Cup but Bristol 's Richard Harding , who replaced him for the final Five Nations match — a stirring victory over Scotland — was first-choice in Australia and Hill 's last game for two years was against the United States . |
| 11 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |