Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She headed for the outsize black car that was parked opposite . |
| 2 | Determined not to re-enter blind institution life , I headed for the nearby technical college who would n't have me either . |
| 3 | As they parked and headed for the open front door , a smiling woman in a dusky pink two-piece and with her silver hair caught back in a chignon appeared to welcome them . |
| 4 | Entire neighbourhoods headed for the unexpected one-way potlatch . |
| 5 | I developed so much skill that I could put together a 50 or 60 break and when I moved to York I played for the local Conservative club and reached the final of the York and District competition . |
| 6 | Jack was a native of Crook in County Durham and played for the local amateur side as a junior before signing for Newcastle at the age of 17 . |
| 7 | Mean increases ( rCBF equivalents : ml per 100 g per min ) in Broca 's area ( left BA44 ) and in the left supramarginal gyrus ( left BA 40 ) observed for the phonological short-term memory task ( M ) and the rhyming task ( R ) compared with their control tasks . |
| 8 | When two Whigs and one Tory stood for Hampshire in 1705 , only 201 out of 3,517 freeholders voting split their votes ( 5.7 per cent ) , whilst 724 plumped for the single Tory candidate . |
| 9 | One Y6 thought vaguely about inviting Michael Jackson but finally plumped for the local third-division full-back who lived just down the road . |
| 10 | Tom , who worked for the British Caprotti poppet valve-gear manufacturers , Associated Locomotive Equipment Ltd , was instrumental , not only in the original design of 71000 , but also in the rebuilt carried out by the Trust . |
| 11 | The national data computed for Japan ( 1979–1980 ) and that combined for the German Democratic Republic ( GDR ) and Hungary ( 1976–80 ) show minimum risks of a still birth at the second birth order for women aged 25–44 years . |
| 12 | These statements spoke for the whole Unionist party in their vigorous tone , in the denial that Unionists were responsible for the state of things , and in the laying of blame on the Nationalists . |
| 13 | Perhaps the only thing to do is to make her dance as Elizabeth von Rosen so memorably did for the Royal Danish Ballet decades ago . |
| 14 | Once again Philip Yale Drew left for the Great Western Hotel surrounded by wellwishers and admirers . |
| 15 | Ryker ran for the shattered back door , out into the driving rain and the darkness , which suddenly seemed welcoming . |
| 16 | His lips twisted and she waited for the inevitable cynical response , but surprisingly it did n't come . |
| 17 | It is also proof of the high regard that the right hon. Member for Finchley had for the right hon. Gentleman and his presence in her Cabinet . |
| 18 | The ‘ Snap ’ camera was used with the supplied software , ( not suitable as it stood for the required measuring instrument ) . |
| 19 | Rawlings , who had retired from the air force on Sept. 14 in order to comply with electoral rules excluding serving members of the armed forces from candidacy , stood for the National Democratic Congress ( NDC ) [ see p. 39084 ] . |