Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard . |
| 2 | Zipped up the inside , and with a squared off toe , it was the last word in futuristic chic that was to be adapted and toned down for the mass market . |
| 3 | The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 . |
| 4 | With the game going into added time Michael Galwey , after good work by Geoghegan , Clarke and Bradley , got in for an Irish try . |
| 5 | ‘ Dejala , ’ they yelled as she rode in for the big swipe and missed it . |
| 6 | He plunged down for an interminable second , arms and legs splayed out in abandon , forgotten , tumbling anyhow , and crashed onto the stage on his back , lying across Bothwell , whose cloak was the colour of blood . |
| 7 | Young Mrs M. looked shocked at the thought , so she waited outside , while I sprinted in for a quick glimpse at Bishop Stock 's former domain . |
| 8 | Botha dropped an early goal , Ian Hunter thundered over for an unforgettable try , and Drikus Hattingh scored one for the tourists just before the break . |
| 9 | As on previous years , the start of the event which has come to be known simply as ‘ the ARC ’ was emotional : 121 boats ranging in size from 30ft to 75ft. ( 9 to 23m ) headed off for a transatlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean . |
| 10 | All Cantona would say as he headed off for a quick trip to Paris before preparing for Sunday 's derby clash was : ‘ I enjoyed my debut . ’ |
| 11 | The cars drew up for a quiet haggle , the girls got in . |
| 12 | Now he 'd lost that sense of fitting the rubrics which his kin and his province drew up for the proper conduct of a man like himself . |
| 13 | He had post-graduate study in Canada lined up for the following year and was looking for short-term employment . |
| 14 | Speaking of all things Mexican , our ragga tipping acquaintances SL2 did n't have the best of times when they headed out for a Big Rave in the land of tequila . |
| 15 | Ockleton described a sweeping circuit of the room , missing all the many obstacles in his path without apparently noticing them , and finished by the window , where he peered out for a full minute or so at the view it commanded of a blank gable-end and half the dome of the Radcliffe Camera . |
| 16 | This view lingered on for a long time and probably still exists to this day . |
| 17 | He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club . |
| 18 | Two people replied — a man who offered to take it away for a fiver and Mrs Morrison , who dropped in for a quick look and said she wanted something for her playroom . |
| 19 | The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear . |
| 20 | So Morag when she came down , came down for the whole week . |
| 21 | After four weeks every group had interviewed four of the original subjects , plus others who came in for a single session , and they had all accumulated a great amount of material . |
| 22 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 23 | Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent . |
| 24 | Specifically , in the case of Anthony Miers , the Royal Navy submariner who finally came in for a teeny bit of criticism over his methods of disposing of German seamen who rather inconveniently surrendered . |
| 25 | He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story . |
| 26 | Strachan was inspirational , and his goal was the highlight of the match — running at the defence , he twisted through for a fine shot about fifteen yards out . |
| 27 | Solomona blasted over for an important try just before the break after smart interpassing with Sheals . |
| 28 | I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’ |
| 29 | There was an hour of cleaning and a change of crew before we finally lifted off for the short leg down to Abu Dhabi . |
| 30 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |