Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense the music existed rather for the participants than the hearers ; thus they wished only to be helped , or nudged , not commanded , when in danger of error . |
| 2 | The welcome he received on the factory tour obviously boded well for the by-election as ten days later both candidates were elected . |
| 3 | At first the boys went straight for the cars as usual and the girls did n't notice . |
| 4 | All went well for the outing until at one particularly reverent moment , the young son of the party stood on his seat and inquired with a loud voice : ‘ Dad , where are all the hypocrites ? ’ |
| 5 | At the end of November , ten or eleven boys climbed the big walnut tree in the middle of the village , swinging about among its branches , and women and children scrabbled laughingly for the nuts as they fell . |
| 6 | No , I 've been and spoken to them again this morning and yesterday , R S C left it there not O S D although it 's O S D's van , so they should 've come out to move it on Friday and the mechanics did n't turn up , then they lost the keys , cos yesterday myself and who was it , Lyn , waited up for the keys cos they were gon na move down put it into a safer spot . |
| 7 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |