Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | But ten minutes sufficed for the blazing gun-fight , and for the affecting death scene with soaring strings . |
| 3 | Consequently , our analysis used statistical methods appropriated for the analysis of data with unobserved effects ( our data comprised of a large number of daily histories , in the late 1980's which had been previously collected ) . |
| 4 | The teenage PODs lived for the moment and their songs , all crash-bang-wallop-bang-crash , reflected this . |
| 5 | Motorways and high streets around the country ground to a halt as shoppers headed for the stores . |
| 6 | Some of the guilds were quite large , especially in the greater towns and cities , and wealthy enough to have not only their own chantry priest but also their own altars within the church , and there were even instances when funds allowed for the building of an additional aisle as a guild chapel . |
| 7 | Welling were originally told £2.70 , but when young Welling fans arrived for the match they found it was £3.90 . |
| 8 | gaps in the lexicon can be filled , when necessary , with new words coined for the purpose . |
| 9 | Therefore , the evidence supports the view that , over the periods studied , profitable arbitrage opportunities existed for the S&P500 . |
| 10 | There were six candidates shortlisted for the post of Gloucestershire 's Chief Constable … and late this afternoon the winner was announced … |
| 11 | Normally unaffected by any type of political show biz , the factory was deluged by the media as scores of photographers and journalists jostled for the best position . |
| 12 | When they entered the house one of the brothers reached for the bottle of whiskey and poured four large glasses for the first time that day . |
| 13 | Milton Keynes made two more champions this week , as Britain 's top ice skaters competed for the National Title at the Bladerunner club . |
| 14 | Three youths armed with Armalite pen-knives waited for the band to unload their gear before threatening them and attempting to drive away with their van . |
| 15 | Six months remained for the building to be finished . |
| 16 | He shows how to keep our painting eyes skinned for the people and landscapes we will encounter . |
| 17 | A total of 553 candidates stood for the 120 seats in the Assembly . |
| 18 | As successful as the works on paper were , the crowds came for the paintings , particularly the late Braque ‘ Atelier VIII ’ , ( 1952–55 ) conceived by the artist as the summation of his career , and which he had fervently hoped would never leave France . |
| 19 | The Poles stood with their capital at their backs while the Russians prepared for the assault that would end the war . |
| 20 | In 1989 their parents asked for the twins ' photograph to be published in a Sunday newspaper and vowed that they would never be locked away in an institution . |
| 21 | The following day , the visitors headed for the field and toured LASMO 's Santiago field gathering and pumping facility . |
| 22 | Relations deteriorated further in late March as hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Kurdish refugees headed for the Iranian border . |
| 23 | The captain assembled with his fellows in the Dominican monastery next to the Palace , watching bright-eyed as the notables arrived for the procession that would march eastwards from the Porta Santo Domenico to the Cathedral of Santa Sofia . |
| 24 | As the last word tripped off Lamont 's mouth the room half emptied as bored businessmen raced for the buffet tables and the cold Chablis . |
| 25 | Miners listened for the tapping of the tiny hammers of the little wizened old men of the underworld — the " knockers . " |
| 26 | The region 's breweries competed for the prize of Best Bitter . |
| 27 | And then both factions waited for the battle that must come . |
| 28 | For three long weeks his anxious parents waited for the results of more tests which would confirm whether he had this almost unknown condition , A-T . |
| 29 | Pawson has pointed out that in building the canals , British engineers had for the first time " to grapple with large scale civil engineering problems " . |
| 30 | Electricity companies sparkled for the first part of the year . |