Example sentences of "took [noun] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spain and Portugal took part for the first time , having signed accession protocols on Nov. 14 , 1988 ( see pp. 36105-06 ; 36429 ) . |
| 2 | Among other multilateral contacts , Albanian delegations took part for the first time in a range of regional meetings , including a conference of Mediterranean chambers of commerce in April and one on Mediterranean water sources in May . |
| 3 | The Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) won 28 per cent and 26 seats , the right-wing National Conciliation Party ( PCN ) 9 per cent and nine seats and the left-wing Democratic Convergence ( CD ) 12.2 per cent and eight seats , although earlier estimates had suggested that the CD , which took part for the first time in a legislative election , had overtaken the PCN into third place . |
| 4 | Prime Minister James Mitchell carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in late January , transferring responsibility for foreign affairs from himself to Herbert Young , hitherto Minister for Trade and Tourism , whose Trade portfolio was passed to Jonathan Peters , hitherto Minister of State for Trade and Tourism , who took responsibility for the new Ministry of Trade and Consumer Affairs ; Mitchell also created a new portfolio of Grenadines Affairs , with Stephanie Brown as Junior Minister . |
| 5 | As he took guard for the next delivery , they uttered a communal sigh of relief and turned away from the game . |
| 6 | The Bramham Three Day Event took place for the first time in 1974 . |
| 7 | The prestigious event , at which leading scientists discuss global environment , took place for the first time this year , in Rio de Janeiro . |
| 8 | A sufficient convergence of interest took place for the so-called Pentagon talks to be held in the last quarter of 1947 . |
| 9 | It took weeks for the other prisoners to get over that ; they would just come up and touch me . |
| 10 | It took seconds for the last bit to drop . |
| 11 | It took time for the first cracks to appear . |
| 12 | He said he took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship . |