Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only pray that the vision which he grasped so clearly for the local church might be taught clearly and then caught by the whole Church of England . |
| 2 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 3 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 4 | Leeds boss Doug Laughton moved in quickly for the 31-year-old former Test forward after he was listed at £20,000 at his own request . |
| 5 | There was just enough speed for the aircraft to take off but unfortunately sustained flight was impossible and G-FLIX sank just enough for the main wheels to catch the edge of the dyke . |
| 6 | There was a plop as it landed in the water , then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down . |
| 7 | A Soviet tank may not be comfortable to ride in compared with a NATO tank , but it is reliable , easy to repair , and built quite deliberately for a particular kind of terrain , support system and warfare . |
| 8 | Susan bent forward slightly for a better view and saw what it was . |
| 9 | They drove on silently for a few minutes and then Mrs Lomax suddenly spoke . |
| 10 | TWO youngsters cuddled up yesterday for a special ‘ thank you ’ to the man who gave them life . |
| 11 | St Peter walked along silently for a long distance . |
| 12 | The great Waka Nathan touched down twice for the All Blacks . |
| 13 | The truckles are lightly pressed for 24hr , then turned and pressed more firmly for a further 24hr period , during which more whey is lost from the cheese . |
| 14 | A FRENCH prisoner in Nazi Germany who stayed behind the Iron Curtain after the Second World War for the love of a Ukrainian woman returned home yesterday for the first time in 52 years . |
| 15 | It took much longer for a consolidated kingship to emerge in France than it did in Germany after the break-up of the Carolingian empire . |
| 16 | The track , after leaving the ridge , went steeply down for a few yards and then turned to the right and ran diagonally across the hill for a hundred yards ; the pile of rocks was about midway on the right-hand side of this length of the track . |
| 17 | After that things went more smoothly for a few days , at least until the following Monday . |
| 18 | Welcome to Molyneux , Headley , Brian Horton 's with me , the United manager because he was brought up in this part of the world , must be very proud of what you brought up here for the second half Brian , but so disappointed after that first half showing . |
| 19 | After that , she went out later for a few mornings , not admitting to herself whether or not she was avoiding him . |
| 20 | The eternal flame went out yesterday for the second time since it was lit on July 26 last year . |
| 21 | Then we went back out for the next tournament , the Kemper Open , which we won . |
| 22 | After getting some oxygen , he then went back in for a third time . |
| 23 | He rolled as he hit the ground , and flipped onto his feet again while he looked around frantically for the other dragon . |
| 24 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 25 | In fact there were only four , but that looked quite enough for the two dare-devils who 'd volunteered to take part . |
| 26 | Constance had been sound asleep for an hour before the double-engined train began to jerk laboriously out of the station , leaving many travellers on the platform to wait who knew how long for the next express . |
| 27 | The worst one can fairly say is that in some scenes — the Andúril ones , the Field of Cormallen , the eagle 's song — Tolkien under-estimated his audience 's resistance and reached too hastily for the sublime or the impressive . |
| 28 | The other talking point is the absence of Jonathan Webb who was in line , before Lansdowne Road , to do the midweek goal-kicking job which Bob Hiller did so invaluably for the triumphant 1971 Lions . |
| 29 | Of their 31 meetings , this was their eighth in Florida and Sabatini , invariably revved up hard for the latest occasion , has won seven . |
| 30 | Harrington did well temporarily for the same reason as my original Cheat did . |