Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 2 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 3 | Blue eyeshadow , much reviled for the past five years , is back at Chanel , Lancôme and Rubinstein and has never been out at Lauder — Mrs Lauder is a firm believer in the power of blue . |
| 4 | In the late 1960s and the early 1970s , Greimas , Todorov , Genette , and Barthes all argued for the autonomy of narrative theory with respect to its object . |
| 5 | Stead 's dramatisation of the issue of sexual exploitation not only stilled for the moment many fundamental conflicts of interest between participants in the agitation , but it also obscured the contradictions inherent in the ideology that informed this agitation against child prostitution . |
| 6 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 7 | Worktwice , the rival firm which now has the fax number , say it merely applied for the fax number because it was told it had become available and are confident British Telecom acted in a right and proper manner . |
| 8 | Mr Nasta has used two large rooms to display the works , all of them privately owned and personally lent for the occasion . |
| 9 | And I never much cared for the bumptious , muscular side of The Smiths , so I welcome the spaciness Vini Reilly brings as new guitarist , whether it 's the lurid wig-out of ‘ Alsatian Cousin' or the dew-and-moonbeam iridescence of ‘ Late Night , Maudlin Street ’ . |
| 10 | She said in a small voice , ‘ She told me that you only cared for the vines . |
| 11 | and with a broken heart they dive down gently headed for the earth |
| 12 | He only entered for the Foreign Office and the block plan , with a total of ten drawings , and was awarded one of the fifth prizes for his Foreign Office design . |
| 13 | If anything , its additional colours brought extra glitter to the music , and this quality was certainly seized upon by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth , who eagerly compensated for the pianist 's lack of a trenchant or subtle delivery . |
| 14 | As it turned out , he only came for the funeral . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But you obviously plumped for the army . ’ |
| 16 | We only broke for the night on the promise of a further meeting next day together with social security officials . |
| 17 | Feldstein the dissident , Chernayev the thief , Poshekhonov the fraud , all reached for the Englishman as if to draw out some spark of friendship . |
| 18 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 19 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 20 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 21 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 22 | Perhaps the only thing to do is to make her dance as Elizabeth von Rosen so memorably did for the Royal Danish Ballet decades ago . |
| 23 | The compartment gave only an oblique view of the altar , which perhaps accounted for the distinct murmur of conversation behind the grille . |
| 24 | And then came the bier , its front draped with a shawl to indicate that it carried a woman , which perhaps accounted for the general meagreness of the proceedings . |
| 25 | He said that the Queen eagerly waited for the bishop to show some of his eccentricities but , ‘ fortunately or unfortunately ’ he had acted with the utmost decorum . |
| 26 | The A&R depts that we dealt with when last I was in a band ( about 18 months ago ) all seemed to consist of young men in Armani suits and long raincoats , who only stayed for the first four numbers then left . |
| 27 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 28 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 29 | I just lived for the minute ; if my tongue and lips and fingers travelled freely over her , that was good enough for forever . |
| 30 | Partly as a result of this unexpected support , the band decided to release the Ukrainian Peel sessions on a 10-inch mini-LP , ‘ Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela ’ , no doubt most fans just asked for The Wedding Present 's Ukrainian album . |