Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The International Herald Tribune of April 28 reported that the US government had for more than two years had evidence that Iraq had diverted food purchased under a US$5,500 million aid programme and exchanged it for Soviet-made arms in Jordan , Turkey and the Soviet Union , including nuclear technology according to a confidential US document dated Oct. 13 , 1989 . |
| 2 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 3 | When I wore it for seven hours in wind-driven rain , the jacket only started absorbing water after the fourth hour . |
| 4 | The Yanks had in fact had them for some months in the Scullery apartment . |
| 5 | President Zia picked him for prime minister in March 1985 but he was criticised by the opposition for providing a democratic civilian facade to a military dictatorship . |