Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [pos pn] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it drew up its ideas for 1994-97 , the Clinton administration assumed the Bush programme was underfunded by $10 billion . |
| 2 | Rachel gave a weak smile and lifted up her cup for more coffee . |
| 3 | Some people in publishing like to think of theirs as a glamorous medium , so they sometimes copy the Hollywood glitter , They certainly did so last week , when the Periodical Publishers Association handed out its awards for 1983 . |
| 4 | Today police stepped up their search for possible witnesses . |
| 5 | Towards the end of 1989 the Commission substantially stepped up its campaign for universal environmental controls within the EC , most notably with regard to drinking water standards , where it sought to advance its planned deadlines for water purity . |
| 6 | In his careful assessment of this process , Wood shows how the existing authorities kept up their Pressure for local interests — essentially for as much of the existing structure as they could maintain intact — until the last possible moment for amendments ( Wood 1976:Ch . |
| 7 | She kept up her calls for two years , while greeting Norma Todd as normal every day in the street . |
| 8 | Its vast size probably explains why it did not sell and , as it cluttered up his hallway for some time afterwards , Minton later gave it to the Royal College student and animal illustrator John Norris Wood . |
| 9 | ‘ I saved up my overtime for that washer , ’ he said . |
| 10 | I went into Diary and I printed out my appointments for next week . |
| 11 | Lewis was a mainstream Anglican who had angered Tolkien , on his conversion , by preferring Canterbury to Rome ; but his title Mere Christianity ( 1952 ) summed up his disdain for all denominational differences , and he never accepted the charge of belonging to any one wing of the Church . |
| 12 | He pressed his back against the stone wall and stretched out his hand for some food . |
| 13 | The announcement by President Clinton was made as a UN aid convoy reached 70,000 Muslims trapped in the eastern Bosnian town of Gorazde after Serb rebels held up its progress for two days . |
| 14 | In a White Paper , Streamlining the Cities ( 1983 ) , the Conservative government set out its case for further structural change . |
| 15 | In the Cox Report we therefore set out our rationale for explicit knowledge about language in a separate section , and printed as part of it the statements of attainment about knowledge about language from the three profile components , bringing them together in order to show their coherence . |
| 16 | These are a set of highly restrictive constraints , and Marx set out his schema for simple reproduction as follows : |
| 17 | Will my right hon. Friend set out his policy for 1992 — — so that I can congratulate him on his anniversary again next year , when he will still be Prime Minister ? |
| 18 | He held out his bowl for another helping . |