Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [pron] [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to tag him on to group deals as a makeweight — you know , like the contract I did for twelve of my players with UK Airlines . |
| 2 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 3 | COMIC Lenny Henry rivals the grin on the trophy he won for best TV comedy at the Radio Times Comedy and Drama Awards in London yesterday . |
| 4 | She was last seen alive on Tuesday evening after calling time at the pub she managed for Warrington-based Walker 's Brewery , |
| 5 | They had had other help in the house too ; Mrs Eddy from the village who came for three hours every morning , and her daughter Jess who waited at table for dinner parties and helped with the clearing up after . |
| 6 | In an attempt to recover prestige and to circumvent the Chancellor he tried for personal contact with King William , hoping desperately that , as he said , ‘ between sovereigns things can be arranged ’ . |
| 7 | By the end of the war he accounted for thirty-five more spies to complete a wartime record which impressed the general staff and ensured the continuance of his organization into the peace , though on a much reduced basis from his final wartime strength of 800 . |
| 8 | After the war he served for 30 years in the history section of the |
| 9 | They came to the bank of the stream which had for some time been running unseen beside them . |
| 10 | A black , beady eye caught the light as it moved on short , powerful legs and toes , and as it crossed the clearing it paused for one brief moment to utter a shrill and prolonged , ‘ Kee … wee … | . ’ |
| 11 | Do you know the share he bought for ten p each last week went down to three and a half pence each . |
| 12 | These purchases were made despite what Hall describes as her ‘ antipathy for the firm ’ , aggravated by the fact that a Guardi which Berenson had offered to her was sold to another client , and that she learnt of a discrepancy between the price she paid for two Holbeins and the monies paid to the owners , the Pole-Carews . |
| 13 | But Rush is confident that any animosity has long-since faded and that his former boss is due for a hero 's welcome when he leads his side out at the ground he graced for 14 illustrious years as player and manager . |
| 14 | ICL Plc has been been ringing the changes , not only with boardroom shuffles ( CI No 2,125 ) , but with a push towards what it calls more ‘ autonomous business groupings ’ and a greater emphasis on software and services , the area which accounted for some 60% of UK sales in 1992 . |
| 15 | ACCIDENT & General has confirmed that the rate it quoted for last week 's travel insurance table which appeared on page 23 of the Money-Go-Round section of the newspaper should have been £17.90 for a two-week holiday in Europe rather than £14.70 . |
| 16 | Even that did n't alter the respect they had for each other . |
| 17 | Dozens of popular tourist spots across the world were represented at the exhibition which ran for five days . |
| 18 | For instance , this year there will be a film marking the centenary of Leo Walmsley , the novelist who lived for many years at Robin Hood 's Bay . |
| 19 | It traces Alfie 's career on the field with Downpatrick and Ireland and his rise to the top of officialdom 's tree , highlighting the impact he made for essential change in promoting the game and in the need for better communication . |
| 20 | It traces Alfie 's career on the field with Downpatrick and Ireland and his rise to the top of officialdom 's tree , highlighting the impact he made for essential change in promoting the game and in the need for better communication . |
| 21 | It seems that it is not clarification of definition , tell that to the woman who looked for two , thirteen years after a stroke husband and they had to wait for his death , that you did n't sell him a dread disease policy because there is not clarification of definition . |
| 22 | At the outset we asked for more help from the congregation . |
| 23 | A move to restrict the use of juries in libel actions was defeated in 1981 , largely as a result of public satisfaction at the performance of the jury which sat for six months to hear the claim for libel brought by the head of the " Moonies " in England against the " Daily Mail " . |
| 24 | He is known to have been angry last autumn when Mr Mazowiecki , the man he picked for prime minister , chose his cabinet without consulting him . |
| 25 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 26 | and then erm the answer I got for this |
| 27 | The artisans and cottagers continually plied their trades : chandlers making tallow from pig fat ; skinners , cheesemongers , capmakers , blacksmiths , and at night , when the stalls came down , the raw-boned villains of the underworld who scrounged for easy pickings amongst the brothels and stewsides of the Thames . |
| 28 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 29 | At Sudeley ( Glos. ) , for instance , which Gloucester held between 1469 and 1478 , the key offices went to John Huddleston junior of Millom , initiating a family connection with the county which endured for several generations . |
| 30 | I remember after the show you spoke for twelve minutes without a note and not only that but you came round afterwards and spent eight or ten minutes with us , the artists , which absolutely made our evening . |