Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [adv] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Soviet tank may not be comfortable to ride in compared with a NATO tank , but it is reliable , easy to repair , and built quite deliberately for a particular kind of terrain , support system and warfare . |
| 2 | Roughly 60% of the export credits was extended in foreign currency and used almost exclusively for the financing of ships and passenger aircraft . |
| 3 | She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed . |
| 4 | ‘ We had a game of tennis and came back here for a drink , that 's all . ’ |
| 5 | The truckles are lightly pressed for 24hr , then turned and pressed more firmly for a further 24hr period , during which more whey is lost from the cheese . |
| 6 | The historical legacy of women 's artistic practices must be acknowledged and researched not only for the sake of justice . |
| 7 | He was also ordered to forfeit £150 from a previous binding over and bound over again for a year in the sum of £250 . |
| 8 | North dropped the bread into the toaster , noticed that it did n't operate when he pressed the lever and looked round vaguely for the reason . |
| 9 | I ran into the kitchen and looked about wildly for a knife . |
| 10 | Stefan , perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for them to be collected from my apartment in Vienna and brought down here for the wardrobe woman . ’ |
| 11 | The worst one can fairly say is that in some scenes — the Andúril ones , the Field of Cormallen , the eagle 's song — Tolkien under-estimated his audience 's resistance and reached too hastily for the sublime or the impressive . |
| 12 | ‘ On a flight to New York I sat in my Club Class seat and knitted almost continuously for the seven-hour flight . |
| 13 | Takeaway business was brisk and the espresso machine howled and hissed almost constantly for a steady traffic of hard-looking , fast-talking men with tattoos and torn jeans . |
| 14 | Only Mr Kenneth Baker , secretary of state for education , said promptly , ’ more money and put in successfully for a rise in the science-research budget . |
| 15 | Such a policy , the court held , was improper , since a ‘ business corporation is organized and carried on primarily for the profit of the stockholders . |
| 16 | With a feeling of having been unexpectedly let out of school , I drove over the hills on the road to Reading and coasted along the unfenced part of the Quillersedge Estate until I thought I 'd come more or less to where Gareth had dropped the paint : parked off the road there and searched more closely for the place on foot . |
| 17 | Each time he scrambled out , took a short rest , and set out again for the next refuge . |
| 18 | On seven occasions last year , the batsmen made first-innings totals of less than 300 but did just enough for the seamers to win the matches . |