Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O'Connor and Brown ( 1984 ) suggested that one explanation may be that Henderson did not differentiate between the actual support provided in terms of confiding and frequency of contact and the attachment felt for the person named . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , and there is one other thing , ’ the Patrician said , as the wizard groped for the door handles . |
| 3 | The board flickered for a second or two , then slowly faded until it was gone , and Quiss was left sitting looking angrily at the small wooden table . |
| 4 | The tide turned for the French when , under the inspired leadership of Joan of Arc , Charles was taken to Reims to be crowned king in the cathedral in 1429 . |
| 5 | It is not at all clear when the money stented for the repair of the bridges and the enclosing of the churchyards was paid and the work completed . |
| 6 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 7 | A tense 40 minutes followed as the gang waited for the arrival of a security van , loaded with double Christmas wages for local firms in Blackley , Manchester . |
| 8 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 9 | The Admiral reached for the pipe that lay on the table beside him , took out a tobacco pouch , filled the pipe carefully , lit it , sucked in the smoke and blew it out luxuriously . |
| 10 | The driver thought for a moment . |
| 11 | The driver looked for a sign , and found : |
| 12 | The Lout hesitated for a moment but then , as the other scooters roared out of the yard , he shrugged and revved his own scooter up . |
| 13 | The squawking continued for a moment before dying out in a final gurgle as Rev. Levitt recited the prescribed blessing . |
| 14 | A splatter of sparks fell like miniature stars , the light flickered for a fraction of a second , hissed venomously and then splat again into darkness and silence . |
| 15 | Much more important was to contemplate how Africanist personae , narrative , and idiom moved and enriched the text in self-conscious ways , to consider what the engagement meant for the work of the writer 's imagination . |
| 16 | The figure leapt for the top of the wall and was almost over when Martin jumped , grabbed its leg and pulled down as hard as he could . |
| 17 | Previous elections , when the electorate voted for a list of candidates nominated by the ruling communist Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) , had taken place in 1986 [ see p. 34678 ] . |
| 18 | And the car — the car headed for the Monument , ’ explained Jack as his mother came slowly over . |
| 19 | The study continued for a total of two years six months ( median two years ) , at the end of which the patients ' hospital and general practitioner notes were reviewed together with records of prompted clinical and eye reviews . |
| 20 | The first frame of the programme appeared for a moment , juddered , then disappeared . |
| 21 | Then at the crest of each polished wave , the blackness broke for a moment into the dark green of very deep water , and the sun shimmered in it like light varnished over . |
| 22 | The Professor thought for a moment . |
| 23 | The professor thought for a moment , then said to his assistant , ‘ A tape measure . |
| 24 | The priest paused for a second , as was the custom , but before he could continue , a voice from the back of the church said clearly , |
| 25 | When the problems started to emerge with the AGR series , the search began for a successor to keep the British nuclear industry in business . |
| 26 | The search continued for a fortnight . |
| 27 | As the search started for the cause of the tragedy , the Prime Minister offered his sympathy to the families but stressed there was no evidence that precautions were ignored . |
| 28 | The IM reached for the telephone that linked him by direct line to Bacton . |
| 29 | ( When the mill closed for the summer break , the town would also close for the summer break ) . |
| 30 | The developer asked for a set of QA listings to assess for himself if the person assigned to QA would approve the package . |