Example sentences of "[vb past] for [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ABA light heavyweight champion Anthony Todd , of Darlington , travels to the second of the three Olympic qualifying tournaments in Berck sur Mer hoping he 'll follow in the footsteps of Scarborough 's Paul Ingle , who qualified for Barcelona at the previous tournament in Denmark . |
| 2 | We arranged ourselves in the seats and as we headed for Shellerton in the early dark I told her calmly , incompletely and without terrors , the gist of what had befallen us in Sam 's boatyard . |
| 3 | On 26 May 1918 , they sailed for France on the Leasowe Castle , torpedoed at midnight on the 26/27 , the survivors taken back to Alexandria . |
| 4 | They both played for Ulster in the Seventies but representative appearances together passed them by . |
| 5 | In contrast , Sunderland have a rich seam of experienced players , among them Paul Bracewell , who played for Everton in the 1989 semi-final . |
| 6 | Howard Clark , who played for Europe in the recent defence of the Ryder Cup , the Australian Peter Fowler , Sweden 's Ove Sellberg and the American , Gary Koch , shared third place on 66 . |
| 7 | He played for Middlesex in the 1950s , but in the heyday of Compton and Edrich he was forging an international reputation a few miles away from Lords , at Wembley . |
| 8 | One thinks of Matt Windows , whose father Tony played for Gloucestershire in the 1960s , and James Averis , an 18-year-old allrounder signed on a summer contract . |
| 9 | Then there was Jimmy Boyd , who played for Newcastle in the 1932 Cup Final ( ‘ against your lot ’ says Ron ) and represented Scotland at soccer and England at bowls . |
| 10 | By the time he arrived for Troon for the 1973 British Open , he 'd calmed down altogether ; he could n't do enough for me . |
| 11 | It all began for Andy in the mid seventies when he staged international ‘ spectaculars ’ and England matches , mostly at Crystal Palace but also at Gateshead . |
| 12 | Mr Hunt even voted for Hezza in the post-Thatcher leadership stakes . |
| 13 | John voted for Michael in the first ballot . |
| 14 | Some , perhaps not without malice , averred that Capella was what did for Mars in the first place , god knows how many aeons ago . |
| 15 | They left for London on the 4.50 p.m . |
| 16 | We left for Austria on the second of April at nine o'clock . |
| 17 | Also Bangor-bound is Tim Hutchings of Crawley in England who was twice runner-up in the World cross country championships , and the first international lady to be snapped up is Plymouth 's Marion Sutton , who ran for Britain in the recent World track and field championships in Stuttgart . |
| 18 | Stuart ran for Britain in the 1988 Olympic Games and in the European Championships in Split two years ago but has since had ankle and Achilles problems , as well as her degree course , hampering her progress . |
| 19 | She waited for Mandy in the main foyer . |
| 20 | Prior to that Meath had come off best when they accounted for Down in the 1990 league decider . |