Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I can demonstrate that the Kaiser himself , the monarch who ruled Germany for thirty years until nineteen eighteen , had ideas very similar if not identical to those of Hitler 's , at a time when he was not in contact with Hitler , when Hitler 's party was nowhere in political terms , then I think that 's yet another very important indication that there is continuity in German history from say the Bismarckian period through to nineteen forty-five , and that Hitler stands in that national tradition , and is not some kind of lightning erm that , that struck Germany erm from a blue sky . |
| 2 | The big studios boycotted Manhattan for seven months last year , months of wonderful peace . |
| 3 | The guard traced his finger down the typed list of names attached to his clipboard , found the name , then asked Whitlock for some kind of identification . |
| 4 | In 1971 the EPA promulgated NAAQSs for six ‘ criteria ’ pollutants , and the strict legislative timetable required states to submit implementation plans which would achieve primary standards for each pollutant by 1975 , or , if the deadline was extended as the EPA was authorized to do , by 1977 . |
| 5 | This stubborn but uncorrupt dictator ruled Portugal for 40 years , and never once went abroad , apart from rare visits to his chum Franco . |
| 6 | One barman mistook Johnny for one of the regulars and apologised for standing on his foot . |
| 7 | He captained Surrey for five seasons from 1952 to 1956 , winning the County Championship in each — a record . |
| 8 | On Oct. 22 Kuchma visited Russia for further talks and called for " an end to the economic cold war " between the two countries . |
| 9 | It was the same later that year when they visited Canada for three weeks . |
| 10 | Glamorgan Colt all rounder Ben Thomas claimed 4–48 as Builth Wells dismissed Burghill for 186 in the only game to get underway in the Multisigns Marches League . |
| 11 | In early November a US delegation visited Laos for further discussions on MIAs . |
| 12 | But it was learned today that Polish referee Ryszard Wojoik reported Hateley for violent conduct — and not ‘ rough play ’ which Rangers believed was the case . |
| 13 | Aunshuman Gaekwad , 39 , who played in 40 Tests for India between 1974–75 and 1948–85 , has retired after a 24-year career during which he captained Baroda for 18 consecutive seasons . |
| 14 | This popular prime-time , Sunday evening CBS network show provided Reagan for eight years with ‘ a vehicle for becoming familiar to a whole new generation of young people who would later vote for him . |
| 15 | He lived in France all his life and , apart from three years spent in London ( 1857–61 ) training for a business career , only visited Britain for short painting expeditions on three other occasions in 1874 , 1881 , and 1897 . |
| 16 | Simon beat Pippa for these . ’ |
| 17 | Fiona , who supervised Davies for ten months , had a torrid affair with the former jailbird and became his self-confessed ‘ sex puppet . ’ |
| 18 | I learnt of one Jewish man who married a non-Jewish woman and approached Lubavitch for spiritual help . |
| 19 | All-rounder Dipak Patel took a Test-best 6–50 as New Zealand routed Zimbabwe for 137 in their second innings in Harare yesterday to win the second Test by 177 runs and take the series 1–0 . |
| 20 | He survived a fiery burst from Wasim Akram , then cracked DeFreitas for three boundaries in an over . |
| 21 | At The Oval , Tiger caught Dave for 6 off the bowling of Woolley , to become the first person to dismiss his namesake in Test cricket on English soil . |
| 22 | Although the US administration cut off military aid to Guatemala in December 1990 [ see p. 37912 ] in protest at the failure to investigate the June 1990 murder of US citizen Michael Devine [ ibid. ] , the US Defence Secretary Richard Cheney visited Guatemala for official talks on Feb. 17 . |
| 23 | The fast closing Radical Prince ( 7-1 ) , who also failed his qualifier outstayed Melody for second place . |
| 24 | For Lynda Hall , 43 , and her husband Alan , have just bought the 200-year-old Navigation Inn , at Buxworth , which actress Pat Phoenix , who played Elsie for 22 years , took over not long after going into the Street . |
| 25 | Halifax battered Scarborough for ten minutes after half-time and from the third of a series of corners , Dave Evans rattled a shot against the crossbar . |
| 26 | Khrushchev 's remodelling of the Armed Forces — his restructuring of individual services , reductions in the size of the Ground Forces , and the enforced retirement of field grade officers — provoked controversy throughout the services and a considerable degree of resentment The more significant fact , however , is the Khrushchev 's Politburo colleagues took issue with the ham-fisted and idiosyncratic character of these measures — and , in addition , faulted Khrushchev for similar methods in agriculture and in the restructuring of the Party — State bureaucracies . |
| 27 | Promising to be loyal in future , he begged Charles for another chance to " deliver " Pippin . |
| 28 | After the meeting he said to one of the local people that it was very unlike the Last Conference in 1913 when he attacked L.G. for 45 minutes amid great applause . |
| 29 | He even thanked Ellen for this new , sudden , unexpected leap into maturity . |
| 30 | Miss Parker said she thanked God for high cheek bones every time she looked in a mirror and , on cover after cover , very little beyond her cheek bones was exposed . |