Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hotel has targeted its occupancy for the first year at 55 per cent , which , Mr Nitschke says , is realistic . |
| 2 | The development programme for the aircraft will provide the broad range of capabilities which was asked for by all four nations originally and er the fact that one or more nations may have deleted its requirement for a particular facility does n't remove the need for us to complete the development work er because we still have at least one or two customers for that facility . |
| 3 | Kim Bailey 's gelding , a promising runner-up to Remittance Man at Wincanton recently , booked his place for the big race with a satisfactory two mile gallop after racing at Newbury yesterday . |
| 4 | should now have received their list for the next two months . |
| 5 | Listening in their Castle Park home , his wife Virtue said Moore had altered her life for the worse . |
| 6 | On Oct. 3 a statement issued in Abu Dhabi , one of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , by the majority shareholders of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) , which had been closed down on July 5 , 1991 , amid allegations of massive corruption and fraud [ see p. 38355 ] , announced that they had withdrawn their support for an attempted rescue of the bank . |
| 7 | Swindle was too crude , for if the plan worked , no one would lose a penny ; all that would have happened was that a few banks would inadvertently have lent them money for an undefined period . |
| 8 | SUZANNE , 19 , had visited my surgery for a second time in five days . |
| 9 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 11 | In the seventeen years since his birth she had stopped being a dancer in Miami , become the straight lady to entertainer pinky Lee for a time and , during the war , done her bit for the American effort in the control tower at Willow Run , the central domestic sending centre for the military . |
| 12 | Mrs Hancock , the girl from the other side of the tracks , had always professed her love for the rough , tough ex-miner who made a fortune and espoused the most outlandish ideas . |
| 13 | In 1948 , Francis Rogallo and his wife Gertrude were granted their patent for the flexible kite that has been credited so often as the origin of the ‘ modern ’ species . |
| 14 | Perhaps she had known it would happen , perhaps he had answered her call for the same reason . |
| 15 | Essex Middleton cup manager Norman Groves has selected his side for the second trial match against Berkshire Under-35s to be played at the Esso BC , Abingdon , on Sunday morning . |
| 16 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 17 | Stirling students have shown their support for an efficient and independent Association , accessible and relevant to all members . |
| 18 | Anyway we 've only got her word for the whole story . |
| 19 | Timothy was agonising over her , when Honor West would have sold her soul for a single kiss from him . |
| 20 | General Nocenzi had offered his office for the young Prince 's use , and it was there , at the very top of the vast , three-hundred-level fortress , that he planned to meet the boy . |
| 21 | The court held that the Minister had acted ultra vires in that he had used his power for an improper purpose . |
| 22 | In the past MacArthur had frequently reiterated his wish for an early peace treaty but this had not happened recently . |
| 23 | ‘ No , I have n't actually , but I 've admired your work for a long time . ’ |
| 24 | But the corporation is ‘ delighted ’ that the government has recognised its claim for an extra VHF network for Radio I , which since 1967 has largely been confined to the medium wave band . |
| 25 | She just hoped he had n't recognised her start for the violent sexual reaction it had been — a totally ridiculous reaction , she told herself , since she was n't in the least attracted to Fenton Marshall . |
| 26 | According to Africa Confidential the OLF , by accepting the new proposals , had " implicitly abandoned its claim for a separate Oromo state " — a move which was likely to antagonize the allied Oromo People 's Democratic Organization ( OPDO ) . |
| 27 | Swiss manufacturer Pilatus has abandoned its search for a risk-sharing partner for development of the PC-12 single turboprop utility aircraft and approved funding for production of an initial batch of 35 aircraft . |
| 28 | His wife , Sonia Gandhi , was an Italian-born Christian who had made known her distaste for the political life imposed on her husband ; their son Rahul , 21 , and daughter Priyanka , 19 , were too young even to enter the Lok Sabha . |
| 29 | Among some fine town houses are Moray House , built after James VI had abandoned his capital for the greater adulation of London but when a Scottish parliament still endeavoured to preserve its autonomy in Edinburgh ; and relics of ancient inns more accessible to coaching traffic than those in the congested upper reaches . |
| 30 | The door closed and she was probably back at her desk before Jenkins moved , having abandoned his search for a good come-back . |