Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Maastricht , the Germans argued for a common foreign policy for the European Community . |
| 2 | Her eyes flickered for a split-second to see Lucenzo 's reaction . |
| 3 | He says : ‘ As the recession deepened clients looked for a greater degree of measurability and a lower investment requirement . |
| 4 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing point , East German ‘ Trabbi ’ cars queued for a quick sightseeing trip West . |
| 5 | After 6 washes in PBS , the third layer HRP-conjugated rabbit anti-goat antibody ( Sigma ) was added , the plates incubated for a further hour at RT , washed 6 in PBS and the reaction developed with ABTS ( 2'2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazolone)sulphonic acid ) . |
| 6 | Many enthusiasts came for a last look and as each week passed there was a little less of the Woodhead line to photograph . |
| 7 | At the 1890 Convention of Local Phonograph Companies in Chicago , delegates asked for a longer cylinder with a section specifically set aside for an announcement , but this did not come about . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Institute of Economic Affairs had for a long time been polemicising against the extension of state activity on the grounds that it restricted choice , led to dependency and reduced the motivation to work , and fostered economic inefficiency in comparison with ‘ private enterprise ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Local builders looked for a cheap and plentiful source of sand to make concrete blocks after Portland cement came into use , and the excavation tips were close at hand . |
| 12 | Folk myths and wisdoms survived for a long time . |
| 13 | An ambitious programme involving British Waterways , the City Council and private developers was begun and the docks headed for a new future . |
| 14 | And although England removed nightwatchman Morrison without fuss on the final morning , the draw looked odds-on as the tourists toiled for a third day in the field . |
| 15 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
| 16 | As they reached the middle landing where Joan stood in the shadows , as if by tacit consent the men paused for a brief rest , placing lantern and sack-shrouded burden on the floor . |
| 17 | These chaotic times lasted for a hundred and fifty years . |
| 18 | The hearings ran for a hundred days during the summer and autumn of 1977 . |
| 19 | These interconnections argued for a close symbiotic relationship between the two media . |
| 20 | Labour MPs howled for a retrospective rebate in Scotland , where the poll tax came in last year . |
| 21 | Myeloski went for a big order while the other two ordered coffees . |