Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel Cornell , 27 , has returned to the North-East after several years spent working for the NHS in the Merseyside area . |
| 2 | Spearheaded by the OOA ( Organization for Information about Nuclear Power ) , 800,000 newspapers were distributed and 170,000 petition signatures collected calling for a postponement of the decision . |
| 3 | Her paws kept reaching for the ground , but it was not there . |
| 4 | At around the time of the publication of the draft statutes for the proposed European central bank ( November 1990 ) , the Germans started calling for a quick move to a two-speed EMU , with only Germany 's immediate neighbours joining the ecu zone . |
| 5 | Some of the guinea pigs stopped running for a week after a competitive marathon , while a second group jogged lightly for about 30 minutes every day the week after the race . |
| 6 | On the face of it , Harry seemed to have won , and people in the crowd were impatient to hear Treffry announce the result ; but the old man kept scratching his chin and shaking his head until the villagers started chanting for a decision . |
| 7 | ’ The Colonel and his two juniors stood listening for an intense half minute until they all three felt uneasy holding the pose for so long . |
| 8 | Other seminar highlights included Managing for the Nineties , led by Sir John Harvey-Jones . |