Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | By the end of the emancipation process , the authorities lacked the wherewithal to pay for the transference of land . |
| 2 | The ASP rule-book asked the judges to look for the most radical manoeuvres in the most critical section of the wave ( that is , nearest the curl ) . |
| 3 | Amazingly , he only got the chance to go for the try because Cardiff players over-ruled skipper Mike Hall . |
| 4 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 5 | A worried Bank of England used the weekend to negotiate for the Portuguese currency to start at a higher level than that planned on Friday , but it clearly was not high enough for the pound . |
| 6 | On the Saturday Mum grabbed the opportunity to head for the shops , while the rest of us had an interesting time choosing a tennis racquet for Roland to give to me for my birthday — a generous present and already in use . |
| 7 | The major problems included the need to account for the differences in the schools ' intakes , deciding which groups of pupils were included in the result statistics ( e.g. whether sixth form pupils taking ‘ O ’ levels were included along with 5th formers ) , and the problem , for outsiders such as Gray , of getting hold of all the relevant statistics . |
| 8 | Rutherford was muttering something about a by-pass always changing a country community , as if he felt the need to apologise for the place . |
| 9 | Tonight 's winner has until mid-December to agree a purse offer with Lewis , who won the right to fight for the title with his second-round knockout of Razor Ruddock . |
| 10 | Acting Attorney General since Dick Thornburgh resigned the post to run for the Senate [ for his announcement in June p. 38279 ] , Barr was a strong supporter of tougher law-and-order measures . |
| 11 | Ian left the colour to develop for the maximum time of forty minutes under a gentle heat . |
| 12 | I had the chance to audition for the transfer to London cast of Another Country which requires young actors to play seventeen-year-olds . |
| 13 | Financial difficulties caused by the fall in the oil price in the late 1980s and by the increasing budget deficit forced the government to turn for the first time to the international financial markets . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't worry about that , ’ he said dismissively , and focused his attention on the traffic of Haverfordwest as he skirted the town to make for the road to Carmarthen . |