Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas , his voice light , asked for his compliments to be sent to Cook , asked for a little more wine . |
| 2 | A short , wiry Lebanese in his fifties , Talar lived aboard a partially finished 81-foot yacht , King Edmondo , with a tall , blonde Danish woman who towered over him and was known locally as ‘ Foofoo ’ , as she was thought to be somewhat strange . |
| 3 | It planned for a more open democracy to include a revision of " anti-terrorism " legislation and improvements in the field of human rights , media censorship and academic freedom . |
| 4 | Lillie Moulton was invited to Fontainebleau in August 1866 on a day of ‘ intolerable heat in a crowded train which made for a highly unpleasant journey ’ . |
| 5 | It made for a somewhat strained atmosphere , but as a company they were used to that . |
| 6 | They were n't so much being difficult as simply teasing , and it made for a very amusing if unproductive hour . |
| 7 | On a more positive note , the expedition did make port at the appointed hour on the appointed day , having spent several hours in a public house further up the estuary to avoid being early , which made for a very ‘ happy ’ reunion . |
| 8 | Few Tories were quite as extreme as the Earl of Rochester , who at the renewal of hostilities in 1702 argued for a strictly limited naval war as the best way to check the power of France , and most recognised the need for some form of combined operations . |
| 9 | We argued for a more discriminating balance of questions , statements and instructions ; for fewer pseudo-questions and more questions of a kind which encourage children to reason and speculate ; for more opportunities for children themselves to ask their own questions and have these addressed ; for oral feedback to children which without being negative is more exact and informative than mere praise ; for both questioning and feedback to strike a balance between the retrospective function of assessing and responding to what has been learned so far , and the prospective function of taking the child 's learning forward ; and for much more use to be made of structured pupil-pupil interaction both as a learning tool and as a means of helping teachers to function in a more considered manner and therefore more effectively . |
| 10 | Such a view was challenged in the middle of this century by Robert Walcott , who argued for a more sophisticated understanding of the nature of the party structure under William and Anne . |
| 11 | The Green Paper also argued for a nationally agreed framework for the curriculum and also wanted the local authorities to coordinate the curriculum and its developments . |
| 12 | Eugenists argued for a quite different understanding of how norms and averages were to be calculated . |
| 13 | ‘ He quit after a fairly short time — I think he may have done it for only two terms . |
| 14 | In a referendum held at the same time as the elections , 78 per cent of voters supported a new Constitution which provided for a directly elected President to appoint a Prime Minister who would in turn appoint a Cabinet , with all appointments requiring parliamentary approval . |
| 15 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
| 16 | Once or twice he winced as a particularly tough fragment of carbon cracked between his molars , then he closed his eyes and swallowed . |
| 17 | ‘ My reply was short and to the point and I 'm disappointed that what I regarded as a highly confidential matter between two clubs should , 48 hours later , be the subject of Press comment . ’ |
| 18 | The important findings are that although transient DGR is present in healthy subjects , it occurred for a significantly greater proportion of the study time in patients with gastric ulcers and in patients with persistent pain after gastric surgery ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 19 | In our study continuous monitoring showed that DGR occurred in all patients with gastric ulcers , and that it occurred for a significantly greater proportion of the study time than in normal controls . |
| 20 | It has been argued that the Conservative government has in its policy changes ( if not publicly voiced ) moved towards a more Keynesian stance . |
| 21 | During September , as the fighting continued in Bosnia-Hercegovina despite the efforts of the Geneva conference [ see below ] , the UN moved towards a more interventionist policy , including more military support for relief convoys . |
| 22 | A pleasant floral aroma with woody undertones this tasted like a very dry pale sherry with bubbles which had a tannic aftertaste . |
| 23 | [ They ] vegetated throughout a passably comfortable existence , leading a righteous and peaceful life in all piety and probity ; and their material position was far better than that of their successors . |
| 24 | In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . |
| 25 | However , although addition errors occurred with a generally low frequency , they were considerably more frequent for closed than for open class items . |
| 26 | Those of you who trained under a very autocratic system , dominated by a strictly imposed hierarchy where nurses came somewhere close to the bottom of the pyramid , are likely to find the concept of accountability quite daunting . |
| 27 | ‘ On finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes ’ |
| 28 | Two years later , on finding she had become hooked like a drug addict , she gave up the shoot-out paintings and moved into a more feminine world to explore female stereotypes . |
| 29 | Then the Lion Rampant did appear over the rising ground , perhaps three hundred yards behind those first riders , but it rose above a fairly compact party , and this was backed by a still larger body of men . |
| 30 | As the light faded she left the office and returned to her room , where she changed into a more attractive dress and attended to her make-up . |