Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] [vb past] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 7th , against Wales at Twickenham , we all witnessed at least two acts of complete thuggery when not only were English players stamped on but it was their heads which came in for rough treatment . |
| 2 | The chaos on the military front , the continued threat of German invasion , the disintegration of the domestic economy with the prospects of both famine and civil anarchy : all these established the first emergencies facing the regime , the imperatives which cried out for response . |
| 3 | We were watching the tufted ducks which made up for their late appearance this season by arriving in more than usual strength . |
| 4 | A demand for the ‘ noblest ’ architecture inevitably meant that Nonconformity was caught up in the debates over the value of Gothic architecture which went on for most of the Victorian period . |
| 5 | The Youth Club of the Paris Commune as it was officially known , or the ‘ Paree ’ as its more irreverent members called it , was a gimcrack affair , cracked concrete and cheap plastic panels , tucked beside the inevitable block of flats , and a health centre , but it was well equipped : table tennis , television , a library , a concert room , a rather more substantial annexe for weight lifting , a hall which doubled up for meetings of the Free German Youth and dancing , and a comfortable lounge where one could buy coffee and soft drinks . |
| 6 | Hunter 's approach inaugurated a wide-ranging debate about ‘ community power structures ’ between elite theorists and pluralists which rumbled on for the next two decades . |
| 7 | You 're talking about some forms of abuse which went on for a very very long time indeed to pull the average up like that . |
| 8 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 9 | The victory of Roman imperialism can in its turn be described as the result of four factors : the new direction given by Rome to the social — that is the military — forces of old Italy ; the utter inability of any Hellenistic army to match the Romans in the field ; the painful erosion of Celtic civilization and its appendages which went on for centuries and ultimately enabled the Romans to control the resources of western Europe from the Atlantic to the Danubian regions ; and finally the cooperation of Greek intellectuals with Italian politicians and writers in creating a new bilingual culture which gave sense to life under Roman rule . |
| 10 | The result was controversy between Vienna and St Petersburg which dragged on for two decades . |
| 11 | I would always try and choose pieces which I thought had a bit of atmosphere and mood , a passion which made up for the lack of presentation ! ’ |
| 12 | This was an area which cried out for reform . |
| 13 | Pensions , however , were not the only area which cried out for reform . |
| 14 | I have to say that the galleries were the thing which stood out for me this week , apart from the fine golf played . |
| 15 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |