Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | was a bottle of of whisky from that distillery went for a huge p price at one of the big |
| 2 | Frankie backed away as the animal 's snarling head and powerful front legs hooked themselves over the top of the gate and her back legs struggled for a foot-hold on the curves of wrought iron . |
| 3 | The old lady struggled for a bit and then subsided back into her chair . |
| 4 | The reason for this seems to have been that Victorian British industrialists looked for a quick return , while the Germans were more prepared to take a long view . |
| 5 | Secondly , the hon. Gentleman asked for a change of policy that would ensure that , before people were discharged from long-stay hospitals , proper provision was made for them in the community . |
| 6 | A BRITISH television war loomed last night when the Scottish FA called for a black-out of England 's pre-season glamour game on Saturday . |
| 7 | JOHN Z. DeLOREAN , facing drug charges in the US following the collapse of his Northern Ireland sports-car firm , this week asked for a reduction in bail because he is short of money . |
| 8 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 9 | But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home . |
| 10 | At that point Wendy Handy 's seven year old daughter asked for a drink . |
| 11 | The public prosecutor asked for a four-year sentence , but the judge sent Meyer to jail for six years . |
| 12 | ‘ What I hope will come out of the book is this : the Americans have a joint US/Russian commission which is looking into the matter , and I think it is about time that the British government asked for a seat on that commission . |
| 13 | These two industries dominated the town 's employment as well as its social life and this situation lasted for a century . |
| 14 | An English statesman arrived for a feast he had arranged between the Jews present as guests and the Arabs who were their hosts . |
| 15 | I believe that Unesco got the idea when he saw that TV series about some people.who lived for a year in a simulated stone-age Village , cut off from the world . |
| 16 | We less poetic mortals sat for a while in the afternoon sunlight and shadow , then we turned down the path again for a pot of tea and a scone for myself and Eddy and a biscuit for Bill before we began the road walk back to the car . |
| 17 | When Mr Adley , along with Mr Gore-Booth and others , was asked to help restore relations with Syria last year , before the outbreak of war , he and the Foreign Office asked for a specific promise that Mrs Thatcher would not intervene again — and got it . |
| 18 | Washington 's key economic gauge faltered for a second month in September . |
| 19 | The dark eyes flashed for a second , then she saw by my face that it was n't a crack . |
| 20 | The vestry of the City church of St Peter-le-Poore , Broad Street , also had this in mind and , as a result , officials were charging an additional £50 in 1838 for iron coffins deposited in their vaults over and above the standard fee of £1 15s. 2d. as against the extra £20 asked for a lead shell — with all fees double for non-parishioners . |
| 21 | ‘ When Maeve was taken , ’ said Grainne , and those nearest noted that she did not falter over the name , ‘ when Maeve was taken , the huge and fearsome Gateway to the Dark Ireland opened for a time . |
| 22 | The falsely affable mask slipped for a second , then de Raimes was smiling again . |
| 23 | In January 1985 all the review teams , the advisers and the civil servants withdrew for a snow-bound week at Wilton Park , a Foreign Office mansion deep in the Sussex countryside . |
| 24 | Despite a slump in the equity markets , the Japanese economy grew for a fourth consecutive year during 1990 . |
| 25 | A dying man asked for a chair to be placed by his bedside , because he sensed that Jesus Christ was sitting beside him in the darkness throughout the night . |
| 26 | The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic . |
| 27 | The Civic Democratic Party was reported as favouring a continued federal structure , while the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia argued for a confederation of two sovereign states each of which would be a separate legal entity in international law . |
| 28 | But that Wilson longed for a psychic union with fantasy , fantasy father . |
| 29 | So much rain fell at Copt Heath that , as nine of the scheduled 72 holes were washed out , three ducks arrived for a paddle on the 18th green . |
| 30 | MR Ladislav Adamec , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , threatened to quit last night , as hard bargaining continued for a second day with the opposition over the shape of the new government . |