Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Liphook strove hard for the equaliser , they were unable to take advantage of the many opportunities created . |
| 2 | Just as he reacted strongly against Richards 's suggestion that The Waste Land had severed poetry from belief , which carried the implication that the poem was a cultural museum , so Eliot campaigned now for the preservation of London 's churches not as museum pieces , but as centres of religion . |
| 3 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |
| 4 | If Owen looked round for the cameras , North acted throughout as though he was sure they were there . |
| 5 | You 'll have to save it till Paul comes back for the car . |
| 6 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 7 | They were willing to accept a cut in transitional benefit which would have had the effect of ‘ throwing at least some of those receiving transitional benefit upon public assistance ’ , while Henderson pressed hard for a ‘ premium ’ , a flat deduction of 1s. a week from all unemployment benefits . |
| 8 | While Fleury hurried away for the stores Dr McNab wrote down the details of the Collector 's illness … |
| 9 | While Pavel set out for the next town on his list . |
| 10 | They had n't said much to me apart from announcing themselves as Detective-Sergeant Hatchard and Detective Constable White , and even when they got back inside , Hatchard talked to the pathologist while White went off for a snoop around , as policemen do . |
| 11 | Whilst James worked selflessly for the party , sending forth a barrage of witty and caustic editorials , particularly on the issue of Chaguaramas . |
| 12 | The Modernists had enjoyed a brief life as a London group after Pound settled there for a dozen years in 1908 ; Bloomsbury was already one , first in Cambridge and later in London and Sussex , sharing not just a range of assumptions and convictions but an intimate web of social and amorous relations . |
| 13 | They nearly blew it at the start of the second half too as Brighton closed in for the kill . |
| 14 | At this hypermarket more than half the booze sales are to English shoppers , they come from as far away as Yorkshire to stock up for the Christmas part season . |
| 15 | And in the 72nd minute Distillery keeper Collins pawed the ball away on the goal-line as Gardiner raced in for the kill . |
| 16 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 17 | After that there was no way back for Foulds as Doherty raced away for a 5–2 win , sealing it with a 60 break in what proved to be the final frame . |
| 18 | Moments later , Town were in trouble again , when Viveash dived in for a challenge and gave away a penalty ; an expensive tackle , as Mark Pembridge slammed home the kick , which Fraser Digby almost saved . |
| 19 | It was erm photo of some curtains , he said they exactly the same as Joanna got up for the lounge . |