Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considering themselves to be superior , they cared little for the ordinary person and looked down on the sinners . |
| 2 | Dom Pérignon cared little for the wooden plugs wrapped in oil-soaked hemp which were in use during his time . |
| 3 | Lady Grace bridal gowns from Sposa Bella Manufacturing Ltd are designed and made especially for the larger bride in sizes 18–30 . |
| 4 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
| 5 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 6 | " Collection " covers " a collection got together for a temporary purpose " , but not one " made or exhibited for the purpose of effecting sales or other commercial dealings " . |
| 7 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
| 8 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 9 | Depending on the region and year , there were between one and sixteen cattle thefts reported annually for every 10,000 inhabitants ( Table 3.1 ) . |
| 10 | Some of the early structure plans were extraordinarily ambitious in their scope : land use plans promised just for a little while to become all-embracing social , economic and ‘ physical ’ documents , with a further clear relationship to transportation matters . |
| 11 | Spared that sort of indignity , the 22 horses and riders approached individually for a staggered start . |
| 12 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 13 | In Levene v Pearcey [ 1976 ] Crim LR 63 , a taxi-driver falsely told his passenger that the route was blocked and charged more for the longer way . |
| 14 | In second place Frank Emmelmann had to be at his very best as Linford Christie charged home for the British team , pushed all the way by Bruno Marie-Rose and Stefano Tilli , but the East German held on well as Linford was given the fastest ‘ anchor ’ split of 9.1 . |
| 15 | On our arrival at the Wildfowl Trust Refuge , we headed straight for the STOP-SPOT board in the foyer . |
| 16 | Most days Jo headed straight for the nearest john and took the hideous contraption off as soon as she was alone , muttering , ‘ If you got it , flaunt it ! ’ as she threw back her shoulders and felt the liberated flesh bounce free . |
| 17 | Still able to feel the firm sand beneath her feet , she swam quietly for a few minutes , before turning over on to her back . |
| 18 | NCR Corp is now offering Japanese LAN Manager for Unix Systems OEM kit , Unix-based network operating system designed specifically for the Japanese market , and has already licensed it to Fujitsu Ltd , NEC Corp , Toshiba Corp and Nippon Unisys KK . |
| 19 | As well as Dobags , Anatolia produces a wide range of village-standard items , which may be either traditional in appearance or designed specifically for the Western market , and some notable workshop items , particularly from hereke and , to a lesser degree , Kayseria . |
| 20 | Elizabeth and Helen moved into their own basement flat in an inner-city suburb in 1987. they are middle-aged and spent nearly thirty years together at the same mental handicap hospital but lived separately for the two years before the move into the community because Helen was transferred to a smaller institution . |
| 21 | I remember he laughed and I noticed properly for the first time what a lovely blue his eyes were and a little thrill went through me . |
| 22 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 23 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
| 24 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
| 25 | Some thirty graduates of the degree came together for an excellent meal in University House , followed by an informal update from one of the joint organisers of the reunion , Keith Moffitt , on the whereabouts of those who had been unable to attend . |
| 26 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 27 | Four of the five protagonists of this story — Greco-Macedonians , Romans , Jews and Celts — came together for the first time in the Hellenistic period . |
| 28 | Susan came downstairs for the first time on Christmas Eve , and was genuinely delighted to see how pretty Breeze had made the sombre old dining-room . |
| 29 | Ironically , the protest had nothing to do with the South Africans who were as warmly received as they had been in Jamaica and Trinidad , greeted and feted by the government and watched by Prime Ministers Erskine Sandiford of Barbados and P.J. Patterson of Jamaica who came specially for the historic occasion , the first Test ever played between teams previously kept apart by the ideology of racial superiority . |
| 30 | At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace . |