Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American firm Cannondale produces a jacket like this ( though I did n't buy it , as it seemed designed for an American winter ! ) |
| 2 | I liked Terry more than anyone I 'd met for a long time , and we talked every day . |
| 3 | It was a request from a colleague : he 'd be grateful if she could cast her eye over an article he 'd written for a quarterly journal , by Friday if possible . |
| 4 | ( In my enthusiasm , I sent this letter to everyone whose name and number were on my telephone pad ( I ’ d been out rather a lot , and other members of the family took the calls ) ; this included someone who 'd phoned for a different reason , and next day I got a somewhat bemused call from an elderly gentleman who had never heard of Donkey Lane , but thought it sounded a splendid project and wanted to know all about it . |
| 5 | Hobhouse was educated at Eton ( 1875–9 ) and Christ Church , Oxford , and seemed destined for a military career , attending the Royal Military College , Sandhurst . |
| 6 | Once Cash seemed destined for an early grave like his friends Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison . |
| 7 | And although her slenderness gave her an air of fragility , Guy had felt the gentle curves of her body when he 'd searched for a concealed weapon . |
| 8 | ‘ He made the ears out of an old pair of mouse ears I 'd used for a previous party , ’ she says . |
| 9 | Was he going to give her some note on performance , some idea he 'd had for a new bit of business in the play ? |
| 10 | Of all the opportunities I 'd had for a good chat-up line , simply croaking ‘ Hospital ’ was n't one of my best . |
| 11 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 12 | So we all got very excited because it was the first money we 'd spent for a long time . |
| 13 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 14 | Fraser 's relief at being able to resume a career that looked destined for a premature encounter with the scrapheap is manifest . |
| 15 | Tomorrow the Transport Secretary John MacGregor reintroduces the bill to privatize British Rail to the House of Commons , it had a rough journey through the House of Lords and until late last week it looked set for a stormy passage through the Commons too , but then Mr MacGregor introduced a series of amendments that everyone assumes will satisfy the rebellious Tory MP s , but as Michael Gold reports , there are still obstacles for Mr MacGregor to surmount . |
| 16 | The Head Gardener , Andrew King , had arranged for a local woodcarver , Dave Meekes , to be on spot to craft the wood into bowls as the tree was sawn up by a team of tree surgeons . |
| 17 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 18 | Then he had gone , and the Curator had stared for a long time after him , and then at the golden eagle who stared blankly back at him . |
| 19 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 20 | The low fertility families in social class III had courted for a long time , decided carefully about marriage , moved house seldom , and tended to be upwardly mobile in their jobs . |
| 21 | Although before the election Meciar had pressed for a separate currency and central bank , he acknowledged in an interview with Le Monde published on July 7 that Slovakia was " not yet ready " for this . |
| 22 | Although before the election Meciar had pressed for a separate currency and central bank , he acknowledged in an interview with Le Monde published on July 7 that Slovakia was " not yet ready " for this . |
| 23 | This represented a major concession on the part of the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) delegation , led by Hun Sen , the SOC Premier , which had pressed for a first-past-the-post system . |
| 24 | Bush had pressed for an unconditional renewal of MFN status , but after intensive congressional pressure Bush agreed to take " strong action " if China did not lower import tariffs , end illegal textile shipments via third countries , and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights . |
| 25 | She promptly spread it around London that Lipman had fallen for a wrinkled depressive called Eve . |
| 26 | He managed to spend the odd hour alone with Grace , who told him she had fallen for a Welsh corporal who had stood on a land-mine and ended up blind in one eye . |
| 27 | But many Americans thought the time had come for a political change to the safer conservatism of the Republican Party . |
| 28 | The time had come for a deaf person to occupy it and Hudson 's chairmanship therefore lasted only three years . |
| 29 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |
| 30 | These architects fervently felt that the time had come for a new type of public building . |