Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 The House of Lords allowed the defendant 's appeal with the result that the case had to go back for a retrial eleven years after the plaintiff had suffered damage .
2 As we know , this agreeable stasis did not continue ; the synthesis started to come apart for reasons which I have tried to explain .
3 The moment seemed to go on for ever , impossibly long-drawn-out .
4 The grass seemed to flow on for ever like a millpond sea .
5 The train was electrically lighted , and in order to economise current when the train had to stand by for some time , nearly every lamp was under separate control .
6 So the activity tended to peter out for a numbr of very good reasons . ’
7 But those covering 39% of the debt decided to sell out for 56% of the debt 's face value .
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