Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | After pulling on her clothes , she headed downstairs for the perfunctory glass of orange-juice which served as breakfast . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On our arrival at the Wildfowl Trust Refuge , we headed straight for the STOP-SPOT board in the foyer . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The NIH report , noting that Dr O'Toole ‘ suffered substantially for the simple act of raising questions about the accuracy of a scientific paper ’ , describes her actions as ‘ heroic in many respects ’ . |
| 10 | He made straight for the big warhorse , mounted , said something to Will , and started along the street . |
| 11 | For the areas in our study there was a high degree of completeness of ascertainment from 1968 onwards for children aged 0–14 because these areas are included in the data collected prospectively for the Northern Region Children 's Malignant Disease Registry and all these cases were included in the National Registry of Childhood Tumours . |
| 12 | After the Restoration of Charles II Mabbott petitioned successfully for the lucrative office of manager for licences of wine and strong waters in Ireland for himself and his eldest surviving son , Kympton , then aged seven , letters patent being granted in January 1661 . |
| 13 | Rachel scrambled desperately for the other side of the bed . |
| 14 | Dorothy and her husband worked tirelessly for the various mission projects . |
| 15 | This is the storage site planned presently for the proposed freight and coal wagons of the original GC ‘ Windcutters ’ of the 1960's . |
| 16 | The backhand slash completing the figure-of-eight sped unerringly for the doomed man 's neck , and an instant later his severed head somersaulted high in the air , to bounce and roll to a stop on the mat several feet away . |
| 17 | Before the veteran entertainer went home for the emotional Christmas Day reunion with his family , Leslie and Jean had together given thanks for his recovery at a short Communion service in the hospital chapel . |
| 18 | The boy was flushed and gleaming with exercise and haste , his eyes bright , his cheeks freshly scrubbed , his dress a suit in rich Flemish cloth , long ago outgrown by Isambard 's younger son , and re-fashioned now for the involuntary guest . |
| 19 | However , all went well for the British team . |
| 20 | On 15 June , after further demonstrations , the Armenian Supreme Soviet voted unanimously for the disputed region to be transferred to their republic ; the Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet , meeting two days later , was equally unanimous in holding this vote to be in violation of the Soviet Constitution . |
| 21 | Members held raffles and donated cash until they had enough for the Olympic bar . |
| 22 | Suddenly she felt a glowing warmth deep inside ; he could never betray her , could never sell what they had together for the cheap thrill of recounting an old , sordid story . |
| 23 | Memories of the marathon " sew-in " before she left home for the International Youth Congress could not have failed to bring a smile to Eva 's lips , or those of her sisters , if they could have seen her stitching away patiently and efficiently on a hand-driven sewing machine . |
| 24 | We went on to the Rio Coatzacoalcos , and searched here for the Yellow Sword . |
| 25 | He opened the door to the garden , and from Classes 2 and 3 a small group of boys in white running-shorts and T-shirts ran silently for the open air . |
| 26 | GEORGE Wood , CCG 's manager at Osmosis Bar in Glasgow , competed again for the Scottish shooting team in July in the Home Internationals for Skeet , which were held on the Isle of Man . |
| 27 | Hands out like a battering ram , he kicked underwater for the far bank , feeling the grab of the current . |
| 28 | When he found the door , he pulled off his dressing-gown and pyjamas , turned the handle , slipped inside and dived rapturously for the recumbent figure beneath the bedclothes . |
| 29 | Under the catchy title ‘ A Lecture to Young Men on Chastity , Intended Also for the Serious Consideration of parents and Guardians , he included among his many warnings that ‘ highly seasoned food , rich dishes , and free use of flesh ’ led to almost certain insanity . |
| 30 | The Environmental Protection Service pushed hard for the southern mountain route . |