Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … a person who has been fortunate to have been connected with Guiding for the past 18 years . |
| 2 | I have searched in vain for a weak performance in these ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ sets . |
| 3 | The VAT row gathered pace when the Treasury , after a series of Commons exchanges , confirmed that more than five million pensioners and others on low income will not be compensated in full for the planned 17.5 per cent rise in domestic fuel bills in 1995 . |
| 4 | The pension can be drawn in full for the first eight weeks in hospital , after which your parent will be notified that it will be reduced by a few pounds ( for the exact amount of the reduction see the current issue of leaflet NI9 ) . |
| 5 | The winning figures are shown in bold for a five-seat district ( the seat-number is indicated by a superscript figure ) , plus five more in italics for a ten-seat one : |
| 6 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 7 | This was the gesture which leading Sikhs had pleaded in vain for the previous Prime Minister , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , to make . |
| 8 | This was the gesture which leading Sikhs had pleaded in vain for the previous Prime Minister , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , to make . |
| 9 | Should the soil be in need of replenishment all the vines are grubbed up and the land left to fallow for a few years before new vinestock are planted and the entire cycle begins again . |
| 10 | In the novel , the central character , Fenny Skaller , has waited in vain for a new young acquaintance to keep an appointment . |
| 11 | And he always seemed to be campaigning vigorously and futilely for some boy or other who had been sent to borstal for a criminal offence . |
| 12 | However , in the main , fares allowances covering the difference in travel costs are paid in full for a short period — generally up to one or two years and are then reduced over time . |