Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 61 | The penalty seemed harsh as Jones went down in a collision with John Lukic as they both raced for a 50-50 ball . |
| 62 | D'Alembord also prayed for a swift and overwhelming victory for himself . |
| 63 | Downing Street yesterday firmly rejected bitter criticism by President Clinton of ‘ unfair ’ subsidies towards the European Airbus which he partly blamed for the threatened loss of 28,000 Boeing jobs . |
| 64 | A few months after my return Goreng found a use for the less obviously subtle or versatile of his captives , which while turning them to material advantage also catered for a certain desired degree of planned redundancy . |
| 65 | Later she also campaigned for a better understanding of anorexia . |
| 66 | The British radicals , including the Chartists , who campaigned for a democratic franchise in the early nineteenth century also campaigned for a free press , by which they meant one unhampered by government censorship and taxes . |
| 67 | The hostel staff advised us about the best areas for walking , and also arranged for the essential guide , to keep us on the right path and to protect us from the buffalo . |
| 68 | They both settled for an early night . |
| 69 | President Assad visited Mubarak in Alexandria on Aug. 28 , after which both called for an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal and a " restoration of legitimacy " in Kuwait . |
| 70 | Claiborne Pell , chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee , also called for a neutral government in Kabul to hold elections or seek a traditional Afghan consultative assembly . |
| 71 | The agreement also called for a strict implementation of the Peshawar Accord . |
| 72 | Sympathetic to Germany , hostile to the entente with France , and unmoved by Belgium 's plight , he campaigned for neutrality in 1914 , and , as soon as this effort failed , launched the Union of Democratic Control , which opposed annexationist war aims and later also called for a negotiated peace . |
| 73 | He also called for a full investigation into Orkney 's Social Work Department , and the RSSPCC whose involvement was turning out to be very much more fundamental than had at first been supposed . |
| 74 | Fine Gael also called for a full public inquiry before exploration began . |
| 75 | For instance , demand management might require that government spending should be held at a high level to keep the economy at full pressure , while Labour 's plans also called for a high level of State spending . |
| 76 | Ms Willbourne also called for the civil courts to be given new powers to exclude an abuser from the home instead of the child . |
| 77 | She also called for the immediate release of the Birmingham Six and other framed Irish prisoners . |
| 78 | The Forum statement , reported by Tirana radio home service , also called for the immediate release of an estimated 107 political prisoners still in detention . |
| 79 | The resolution also called for the unconditional release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi , who had been under house arrest since 1989 . |
| 80 | Sandinista leaders , headed by Ortega , did not participate in the discussions , but nevertheless welcomed the agreement , which also called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and the grouping of the estimated 3,000 contras inside Nicaragua in UN-supervised security zones before being disarmed . |
| 81 | His proposals also called for an international peace conference on the Middle East . |
| 82 | Lubys also called for an early introduction of the litas , Lithuania 's new currency . |
| 83 | He also called for an early announcement of a balanced energy policy to stimulate the heavy engineering sector . |
| 84 | They both worked for the same of accountants . |
| 85 | We also looked for a geographical spread of writers . |
| 86 | Support also grew for a new political movement , the environmentalists or Greens . |
| 87 | As well as arguing for a more liberal attitude towards the child , Locke also pleaded for a broader curriculum . |
| 88 | He was so tall and masculine that he probably went for the dainty feminine types . |
| 89 | If there was a black kid and a white kid with equal qualifications who both went for the same job , I would have to put my money on the white kid getting the job , because we 're in a white-dominated society . |
| 90 | There is no doubt they deserved the points after pushing title favourites Galleywood and Stock — who both won for the third time this season on Saturday — so close in their last two matches . |