Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [noun prp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | They were then struggling at 127 for four with 16 overs remaining but Byas pulled Caddick for six to restore confidence , which was boosted even further when he was dropped on the boundary edge by Andy Hayhurst when 27 . |
2 | The Khmers Rouges ran Kampuchea for three years until 1978 , when the invading Vietnamese put them to flight . |
3 | Between 4.30 and 9 a.m. every day a dozen fish trains left Grimsby for all parts of the country . |
4 | Talent scouts scour China for potential circus performers … many of these artists have been leaping through hoops since they were six years old . |
5 | The Liverpool Echo has teamed up with friendly bankers TSB , who are giving away these fantastic prizes to celebrate D-Day for thousands of schools athletes who take part in their local TSB English Schools Track and Field County finals on Saturday . |
6 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
7 | The children took Ben for long walks , again crossing the rape fields . |
8 | The Equal Opportunities Commission brought an application for judicial review in December 1990 , claiming that it was against European law to require men to pay NI for longer and to make five more years ' contributions than women in order to receive full pensions entitlement . |
9 | five , one , two , three , four , missed the fucking taxes thank Christ for that |
10 | All subject groups had DGR for some of the study period ; however , both groups of patients had reflux for a significantly longer proportion of study time than the normal controls ( 12% of study time for normal controls , 67% for gastric ulcer patients , and 91% for gastric surgery patients ; p<0.001 gastric ulcer v controls and p<0.0002 gastric surgery v controls ; Fig 1 ) . |
11 | On top of all this , the United States Congress is planning laws to punish Japan for alleged discrimination against American securities houses operating in Japan . |
12 | The big studios boycotted Manhattan for seven months last year , months of wonderful peace . |
13 | ‘ Friends of the Earth identified 298 water supplies exceeding MACs for dangerous pesticides . |