Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 2 | The Chinese , who used ivory for elaborately carved handles and vessels as early as the Shang dynasty and in later times used it for a wide variety of personal items such as brush pots , wrist-rests , boxes , seals , snuff boxes and fans , had increasingly to import the material as the elephant herds in the southern provinces diminished . |
| 3 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 4 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 5 | Fallon , also enjoying the most important success of his career , said : ‘ The stands ’ side led us for a furlong , but our side was in command after that . ’ |
| 6 | Suddenly he looked tired , and there were deep furrows in his brow as his eyes scanned her for an instant . |
| 7 | A man in rags asked her for the price of a cup of tea . |
| 8 | His glance met hers for a brief , breathtaking moment , before he started forward , his stride slow , and rangy . |
| 9 | Tilda cared nothing for the future , and had , as a result , a great capacity for happiness . |
| 10 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 11 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 12 | His eyes surveyed her for a moment . |
| 13 | Designed to counteract poor visibility on murky winter afternoons , it had been used in Scotland and by the visiting South Africans in 1924 before Arsenal adopted it for a public trial match three years later . |
| 14 | Certainly , as his mind prepared itself for the acceptance of the |
| 15 | A journalist interviewed him for a book about his family , and when The Nielsons appeared , it made no mention at all of his professional life . |
| 16 | Her eyes beseeched him for the truth . |
| 17 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 18 | Biddy blamed herself for the crisis . |
| 19 | Mahoney thanked her for the meal and left , stepping out onto the pavement . |
| 20 | Alter this technique had been invented , it was only a matter of time before weapons designers adapted it for the detection of submarines . |
| 21 | A pale blue light puzzled him for a moment , until he realised that it was the Calor gas stove in the galley . |
| 22 | Travis watched her for a second , then eased off his load and knelt down beside her . |
| 23 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 24 | Donna watched them for a moment , then looked away . |
| 25 | Madame Gautier watched them for a moment , drawing deeply on her cigarette . |
| 26 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 27 | The light dazzled us for a bare ten years with its brilliance , before it was extinguished . |
| 28 | The lawyer said nothing for a minute . |
| 29 | Travis said nothing for a moment , then , ‘ Did Rosemary — mention me at all ? ’ he wanted to know . |
| 30 | Travis said nothing for a moment , then opened the zip so that he could sit up . |