Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd been wearing this over the shirt he wore for the sitting , ’ Edwards said , ‘ and at the end of the last sitting just as he was leaving , as an afterthought , he said , ‘ Oh you better have this ’ and took it off and gave it to me , like the end of a football match . ’ |
| 2 | I put aside some of the money I got for the silver , because Daddy meant to divide his things between us both . ’ |
| 3 | The tenderness he felt for the child was equal to , if different from , the tenderness he felt for his mother . |
| 4 | After replacing the 'phone I waited for the tingling to stop then looked at my watch . |
| 5 | When making an appointment the court must consider appointing the guardian who acted for the child previously ( FPCR , r10(8) ; FPR , r4.10(8) ) . |
| 6 | However , the figure we gave for the annual input of carbon into the soil ( 1.2 tonnes of carbon per hectare per year ) include the carbon contributed by algae and photosynthetic bacteria . |
| 7 | ( Calle 's show also includes , in the gallery 's smaller room , the piece she did for the Carnegie International about the theft of Old Master paintings from Boston 's Gardner Museum . ) |
| 8 | J. S. Homes , the National Liberal MP for Harwich , made an early visit , closely followed by the mayor who arranged for the town band to give a concert . |
| 9 | Walter climbed in beside him , trying hard not to show the fear he felt for the mechanical monster . |
| 10 | In December , Stuttgart will host the Davis Cup final , in which the West Germans will defend the trophy they won for the first time by defeating Sweden in Gothenburg , and in the coming three years Frankfurt will stage the ATP Tour World Championship , which will supersede the Nabisco Masters in New York . |
| 11 | Gong show VIC REEVES , the big lummox , was on television the other night dropping the gong he received for the most original programme . |
| 12 | When I went to live in the attic , Jean-Claude still took it for granted that the wood he needed for the stove should be filched from the railway sidings . |
| 13 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 14 | Certainly the saw he bought for the mill I think that has great prospects and you know there 's no two ways about it , it could help production and ease the work of the workforce . |
| 15 | When both mares began aiding and abetting one another to increase the confusion and alarm , somewhere high over the Gulf I made for the cabin to solicit help . |
| 16 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 17 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 18 | Well I know the article he wrote for the Society 's Quarterly . |
| 19 | ‘ The night we kissed for the first time . |
| 20 | He described himself as the ‘ natural son ’ of his parents on his baptism certificate , and this may explain the affinity he felt for the boy . |
| 21 | London , who retain the side that defeated the Midlands last weekend , are favourites to clinch the title they won for the first time last year . |
| 22 | In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year . |
| 23 | Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review . |
| 24 | Variation and discharge The following may apply for variation or discharge of a s8 order : ( i ) anyone entitled to apply for an order under a s8 order without seeking leave ( see above ) ; ( ii ) the person who applied for the original order ; or ( iii ) in the case of a contact order , the person named in the order . |
| 25 | But even before the last two matches the England management would have been reasonably content with the tour and the evidence it offered for the future development of England rugby . |
| 26 | But in so doing , they ignored a continuing problem ; and they created a new one , for the price they paid for the French troops who solved the English military problem was a monarch who was taught to be French and Catholic , and who would return to her country only when both these things clashed with the prevailing balance of power in Scotland . |
| 27 | This was confirmed when Epson quoted £200 for a 2Mb memory module — that 's nearly half the price I paid for the PC ! |
| 28 | The scheme was expensive , with in effect £8000 of public money being spent on each dwelling , since the local authority contribution to UDG almost exactly cancelled out the price it received for the land . |
| 29 | The yield to the purchaser then depends on the difference between the price he paid for the bill and its redemption value . |
| 30 | The day I came for the job . |