Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 2 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 3 | Committee meetings had taken place at fortnightly intervals ever since early in the nineteenth century , but now , in view of the fact that there was a war on , the local government board asked for the meetings to be held monthly , a suggestion that was accepted with alacrity . |
| 4 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 5 | One branch asked for a dispensation . |
| 6 | Quite what the taxpayer got for the extra money is not readily apparent . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
| 9 | But when they cast off Penry seemed reassuringly unconcerned , and sang under his breath as the Angharad headed for the turbulent stretch of sea separating Gullholm from the coast . |
| 10 | In fact , such was the sheer awesomeness of Mr Wilson 's fury that , as one person , the whole assembled mass headed for the door at top speed . |
| 11 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 12 | The previous chapter argued for a conception of music which maintains both the relative autonomy of its techniques and its ultimately social meaning , and which sees these as constructed within a historical dialectic . |
| 13 | His Superintendent asked for a priest to go to the island of Molokai where a colony of lepers lived in appalling conditions . |
| 14 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply . |
| 15 | And the car — the car headed for the Monument , ’ explained Jack as his mother came slowly over . |
| 16 | Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him . |
| 17 | His expression for once had lost that unyielding look , and uncertainty flickered for an instant in the glance he bestowed on her . |
| 18 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Oliver called after him as Cobalt headed for the kitchen . |
| 19 | And whats more the club payed for the flags to be fireproofed when they realised what a potential fire hazard they were . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It has never done so — when the Task Force sailed for the Falklands , Britannia was left behind . |
| 22 | The figure budgeted for the whole year had been 40,000 million roubles . |
| 23 | As a Group Captain , Dave Durkin was first at Medmenham from 1964–66 and no trophy existed for the match , but as a piece of ‘ superfluous ’ R.A.F. silver was to hand , it was re-dedicated as The Danesfield Cup expressly for this annual combat . |
| 24 | There 's even a 100MHz dual-processor penned for the second quarter of next year using Cypress ' promised three-layer , 0.5 CMOS technology , touted at up to 320 MIPS , 162 SPECmarks , 142 SPECfp and 77 MFLOPS . |
| 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 | Although programs like DO-IT existed for the PC before anything appeared for the Macintosh it and its close cousins cost several thousand pounds . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Harsh words and animosity persisted for a year or so but by 1851 there was a thaw in relations between the London school and the Royal College . |
| 29 | Light blazed for a second from the wings of the Spitfire , and the enemy plane began a steady downward flight , unchecked towards the fields below . |
| 30 | 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 . |