Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dom Pérignon cared little for the wooden plugs wrapped in oil-soaked hemp which were in use during his time . |
| 2 | Taking my leave , I headed off for the developing tanks at my studio . |
| 3 | 1.4 ‘ Net Invoice Price ’ means the price charged by for the Licensed Products to customers and distributors , less the following deductions where they are factually applicable : |
| 4 | Hard , they say , to be too overawed by a character like Cage , whose music includes Roaratorios and a piece composed solely for the white keys on the piano . |
| 5 | A record number of Guinness pensioners turned out for the annual pensioners ' party at Park Royal this month — almost 1,000 descended on the brewery grounds to remenisce about their lives in the brewery . |
| 6 | When education in the true sense existed only for the inheriting classes , acceptable spoken English was something one was raised with at home . |
| 7 | Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record . |
| 8 | But this joint venture between the two parents ' genes worked only for the main genes within the nucleus of a living cell . |
| 9 | If you look at the people who went in for the Olympic Games , right up to the Second World War , erm you would call them amateurs . |
| 10 | More men were struck in the Dutch battalions , but most balls went overhead for the French gunners were firing a fraction too high . |
| 11 | But for once , the gentleman sleuth left home for the bright lights . |
| 12 | His luck ran out for the French students against their English counterparts when , though captain , he was given his marching orders for , guess what , stamping again . |
| 13 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 14 | As he will be aware , in June the United States Government had a sum of , I think , $21 million which had been earmarked for military aid set aside for the very purposes that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 15 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
| 16 | She had not felt this alone and lonely since she first set out for the French battlefields over fifty years ago . |
| 17 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |