Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] [adv prt] 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 | The moment seemed to go on for ever , impossibly long-drawn-out . |
| 3 | The grass seemed to flow on for ever like a millpond sea . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So the activity tended to peter out for a numbr of very good reasons . ’ |
| 6 | But those covering 39% of the debt decided to sell out for 56% of the debt 's face value . |