Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday Silvino Francisco became his victim for the second time . |
| 2 | FATAL attraction killer Susan Christie got her wish for justice yesterday — when her five-year jail term was increased to nine . |
| 3 | Ontario was designed by a master hand , with many built-in contrasts — for example , compare the eerie wind sculpted rocks at Tobermory ( Flowerpot Island got its name for a good reason ) and the twists and turns of the 1,000 islands to the smooth , sandy beaches at Grand Bend or the rolling farmland in Mennonite country . |
| 4 | Only one patient ( 6% ) receiving cyclosporin met our criteria for nephrotoxicity and that patient improved after reducing the dose . |
| 5 | Herr Nordern sucked his thumb for a moment , biting at the cactus spike . |
| 6 | The price of land there has skyrocketed since Nagano announced its bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics " . |
| 7 | The Night Superintendent clapped her hands for silence . |
| 8 | On Jan. 9 , 1990 , the US administration announced its support for the restoration of World Bank loans to China which met " basic human needs " ; the International Herald Tribune reported on Jan. 13 that this covered about $2,000 million of the $7,000 million sought by the World Bank . |
| 9 | A panel of senior journalists made their selection for awards which included prizes of £500 for individual winners . |
| 10 | During November the three largest parties announced their candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for April 26 , 1992 , to elect a successor to Kurt Waldheim , who had in June 1991 declined to stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 11 | In his opening address to the Supreme Soviet , Gorbachev admitted his responsibility for the coup in having appointed conservatives to head the organizations which controlled troops , and for " liberalism and indulgence " , despite warnings of conservatives ' discontent . |
| 12 | A second , searing stroke made her gasp for breath , as fire exploded in her backside as if she 'd been hit by a ball of lightning . |
| 13 | I shall return to this point later , but must first record how matters went in the Divisional Court , omitting for present purposes any reference to an alternative ground of relief concerning the Director 's refusal to wait whilst the applicant pursued his application for legal aid , which failed in the Divisional Court and was not renewed on appeal . |
| 14 | For example , a white mother with two children in my study described her strategies for budgeting on benefit in great detail , ending her account by noting how these strategies floundered : ‘ Because he spends his money and we could do with it . |
| 15 | Jim Scott massaged his calf for a moment , then pushed open the driver 's side door of the Lancia and clambered out . |
| 16 | Rembrandt underlined its affection for Rothmans by pumping its shareholding into Richemont , a company it set up in Switzerland . |
| 17 | The blue eyes surveyed her face for a moment , their expression dark and oddly unreadable . |
| 18 | Other unions were equally alarmed by the potential scale of the problem , which was just emerging as schools received their budgets for the new financial year . |
| 19 | Mayor dropped his plans for the new committee and agreed to keep the Executive Board more fully informed of his actions in future . |
| 20 | The PNC reiterated its support for the peace plan it had approved in 1988 [ see p. 36438 ] , which was based on UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 , and the guaranteeing of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people . |
| 21 | In the story I have just told , I explain how self-image dominated my life for a time . |
| 22 | In response to the new revelations and to the government 's reaction to the scandal , the ANC president Nelson Mandela renewed his call for the State President 's resignation and demanded that control of the security forces be surrendered to an interim government of national unity . |
| 23 | MacArthur stated his affection for the British people , recalling that his grandfather had come from Scotland . |
| 24 | On May 25 , during a visit to Moscow by President Mitterrand of France , President Gorbachev declared his preference for a unified German membership of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 25 | Instead the MEPs renewed their demand for a directive , based on the World Health Organisation 's code , that would be binding on the industry . |
| 26 | But McAlpine reserved his fire for the young team . |
| 27 | As long as Keynes pitched his arguments for credit expansion within the bounds of orthodoxy , he dominated the proceedings of the Committee and achieved a degree of consensus . |
| 28 | KATE HOWEY discovered her instinct for combat at primary school . |
| 29 | The pamphlet began its argument for the dependence of harmony and order on the recognition of man 's true nature by distinguishing man from other animals . |
| 30 | A boy passing by homewards from the pictures heard his cries for help . |