Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even a Marxist like Gramsci , who spoke of the ‘ consent ’ of the subordinate classes , saw consensus as false consciousness and hoped for revolutionary change . |
| 2 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 3 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 4 | So I took another — four hundred and thirty this time — and a seat and waited for half an hour . |
| 5 | You told her you had n't been able to get her out of your mind and begged for another chance . |
| 6 | In 1811 he won the competition for a complex of buildings in Plymouth consisting of a hotel , assembly rooms , and theatre ; and , his success with this important commission establishing his local reputation , he moved to Plymouth and remained for twenty-five years the leading architect of the neighbourhood . |
| 7 | The young airman turned his uniform inside out as a disguise and walked for 3 weeks until he reached Belgium . |
| 8 | The young airman turned his uniform inside out as a disguise and walked for 3 weeks until he reached Belgium . |
| 9 | She expressed a warm opinion of the piece and asked for more of her work . |
| 10 | So she gave Jamie to a horse dealer called Liz Burt and asked for another in return . |
| 11 | Fabia got into the vehicle and wondered for some moments about his employer . |
| 12 | Then a man-at-arms whom they recognised as being one of the leaders of the expedition reappeared in the village and stayed for several days . |
| 13 | She admitted four charges of making a false representation to obtain benefit and asked for 18 others to be taken into consideration . |
| 14 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 15 | Yesterday 's launch was attended by rape victim Judy , who told the recent Scottish Conservative Party conference of her ordeal and appealed for tougher sentencing in cases of violence against women . |
| 16 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 17 | ‘ On my way down I sent a message to the sheriff 's office at the Guildhall and asked for two cursitors to make diligent inquiries amongst the taverns and stews along this side of the river . |
| 18 | He admitted eight robberies between May and July and asked for two others and six attempted robberies to be taken into consideration . |
| 19 | Briefly cells were resuspended in ice cold lysis buffer ( 20 mM HEPES pH8.0 ; 20 mM NaCl ; 0.5% NP40 ; 1mM DTT ; protease inhibitors including 0.5 mM PMSF , 2µg/ml leupeptin and 2µg/ml trasylol ) , left on ice for 5 minutes and centrifuged for 1 minute at top speed in an Eppendorf microfuge . |
| 20 | JIM KELLY ran for one touchdown and threw for another as Buffalo beat Denver 27-17 to move within sight of an NFL play-off spot . |
| 21 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 22 | Colchester police issued a photograph of Lisa and appealed for any sightings of her to be reported . |
| 23 | In this most strange place and in this short moment Nicholas lost his heart and knew for certain that at last , at very last , without doubt or question , he had fallen in love . |
| 24 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 25 | Purified VLPs and core-like particles ( CLPs ) were diluted to the concentration of 0.1 mg/ml with 50 mM Tris hydrochloride ( pH 8.0 ) — 150 mM NaCl — 5 mM MgCl 2 — 0.5% Nonidet P-40 , 6 µl of anti-VP2 monoclonal antibody was added to each 200 µl of VLPs or CLPs and incubated for 5 h at 5°C . |
| 26 | She represented Midlands Schools around 20 times and played for Scottish Schools Under-16s in a European tournament at Largs in the 1986-87 season . |
| 27 | He admitted going equipped for theft , another burglary and asked for four similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 28 | Christopher Appleton , 18 , of Highmoor Road , Darlington , admitted burglary and asked for two offences to be considered . |
| 29 | Usually the proposed adjustments are checked outside the meeting by the central team and recirculated for quick comment before publication in a final form in which they can be used both by the Modular Admissions Committee ( MAC ) to control enrolment and by faculties and departments as the base for resource management . |
| 30 | Plasma was transferred to another Falcon tube and centrifuged for 15 minutes at 3000 rpm . |