Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb past] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilkes and Cobbett wrote for a society which still shuddered at the memory of the puritans and their censors , the good people appointed by Cromwell to license and to regulate the press . |
| 2 | She looked away and Trent thought for a moment that she would leave it alone , but then she looked back and asked quickly , to get it out , ‘ Did your mother leave him for your father ? ’ |
| 3 | Nails took his usual Ford Escort that night from the parking lot outside the gasworks where the night shift was working , the one he had a key for , and he and Gary went for a drive round the back streets where they would n't meet a patrol car , out into the country for ten miles or so and back again . |
| 4 | Two years ago the 41year-old received a similar amount when his former teams of Liverpool and Arsenal met for a testimonial match . |
| 5 | Bessey was sceptical of the whole approach as little more than revived natural history , and , in order to convince him that scientific ecology was possible , Clements and Pound looked for a method of quantifying their studies . |
| 6 | Harsh words and animosity persisted for a year or so but by 1851 there was a thaw in relations between the London school and the Royal College . |
| 7 | And Jean reached for a monkey-wrench that lay nearby . |
| 8 | They were 132 for 6 at the close and it was clearly time to pray for rain ; but it came on the rest day by mistake , and although Emburey and Downton battled for a while , the end was not long delayed . |
| 9 | They were both astonished and Lomas stopped for a moment to stare at the floor . |
| 10 | Christmas was coming and Nigel hoped for a card from Eleanor . |
| 11 | He says she was greeted by ‘ long faces ’ and a blanket refusal to consider the idea of a separation in any form before the prince and princess tried for a period to resolve their differences . |
| 12 | Christopher Petrie and Jane lived for a year as neighbours : he in the manor and she in the stables-converted cottage , which she made much cosier and more inviting than the manor — one reason perhaps why Christopher spent so much time there . |
| 13 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 14 | And Jessie listened for a time , but then she said , ‘ But she must be a total stranger . |
| 15 | On the same day , Italy and Austria called for a meeting of the Conflict Prevention Centre of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe [ see also p. 38314 ] ; the EC 's European Parliament called for an immediate meeting of CSCE foreign ministers ; and German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher proposed invocation of the CSCE emergency procedure agreed the previous week . |
| 16 | He and Liena conversed for a while before he announced his decision to wait there for the return of Tony and Ferdy ( the Germans ) , and Dave the American , asking me to take care of Liena on the way down . |
| 17 | Printers expressed similar views , and painters argued for a package of extended pre-work education , a shorter working week , and holidays with pay . |
| 18 | He seated himself in a chair and Emily paused for a moment , she could hardly ask the maid to bring the girl into the drawing-room where Spencer would be listening to every word . |
| 19 | Every day Charlotte and Emily waited for a letter from the postman , or for a parent to come to see them . |
| 20 | In Dresden , where he and Lichnowsky stayed for a week , Mozart heard a Mass by the court composer Naumann ( ‘ very weak stuff it was ’ ) performed at court . |
| 21 | In Southampton it is more than twenty years since we learned that there was a major settlement of foreign merchants quite separate from the walled town ; and Hamwih seemed for a time a town apart from others in Britain — though evidently related to the great semi-urban sprawl which has been excavated at Duurstede near Utrecht . |
| 22 | Two weeks ago Roy and Fiona went for a curry . |
| 23 | The model was finished in 1794 and Murdock looked for a testing ground . |
| 24 | Both Lyell and Wallace opted for a theory in which a supernatural force had affected the later stages of human development . |
| 25 | A couple of his men , apparently under orders from Epitot , were content to follow at a respectful distance as she and Karelius went for a stroll in the city . |
| 26 | In late 1797 he was elected adjutant-general for county Antrim and preparations began for a rebellion . |
| 27 | Four attempts proved the deviation impossible and McFall prepared for a spot of slip fielding . |
| 28 | She nodded and disappeared , but Sophie stood for a moment . |
| 29 | But Becket fought for a principle of his own choosing , the ‘ liberties ’ of the clerical order in the realm of law , organization , privileges , immunities and so forth . |