Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [noun] for an " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I take , I took music for an option , I 've got him . |
| 2 | Unfortunately for Mazda , the introduction of the powerful Wankel rotary engine coincided with the massive increase in oil prices which spelt disaster for an engine with high fuel consumption . |
| 3 | Additions could be made to existing New Towns around London , particularly Stevenage and Harlow , but also at Basildon , Crawley and Hemel Hempstead , and also to a dozen other towns in the South-east , all of which offered scope for an expansion of at least 30,000 population : Aylesbury , Banbury , Bedford , Chelmsford , Colchester , Hastings , Maidstone , Medway Towns , Norwich , Poole , Reading and Southend . |
| 4 | Clare still swapped one night a week off with Stephanie and reported subsequent events to Gilda , who now managed the shoe shop : occasionally she visited Clare for an evening meal . |
| 5 | A MAN who reaped revenge for an alleged stabbing four years ago was yesterday jailed for two years . |
| 6 | New owners , who bought Wentworth for an almost " give-away " £17 million , instructed a Japanese firm to raise £32 million for a 40 per cent equity , and investors were targeted in Japan , Hong Kong and Sweden . |
| 7 | They had plans for an international centre , with a strong educational bias like the centre Mondial , to be sponsored by MIT and Harvard University . |
| 8 | Still calm , he asked Schiphol for an emergency landing . |
| 9 | He rejected proposals for an all-party government , leaving his opponents on left and right to join forces in the house-cleaning needed after Pasok 's rule . |
| 10 | A challenge was issued to the AKA membership in their February 1983 issue of AKA News It gave dimensions for an 80 x 96in ( 203 x 244cm ) Rokkaku and described how teams of two or more could fly against each other as in the traditional Japanese events . |
| 11 | The Protector was n't too pleased by this and later summoned Richard Baxter to a private audience during which he lectured Baxter for an hour . |