Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | During 1959 the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile lobby successfully argued their case for automated weapons . |
| 2 | Peggy Ashcroft duly got her gong for playing Lilian , 50 years in the bin , but She 's Been Away was considerably more than a kind of Rain Woman ; a vehicle for acting technique . |
| 3 | Wainwright is fifth choice at Bramall Lane and only made his debut for the reserves on Wednesday . |
| 4 | The MacMahon Act only reinforced his reasons for doing so . |
| 5 | The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats , Jim Wallace , and Mr Salmond both pointedly reaffirmed their support for last year 's democracy declaration which called for the reconvening of the Scottish parliament . |
| 6 | Choosing to turn a blind eye to the unlikely drama that was unfolding a few feet in front of her , she merely expressed her gratitude for the imitation topaz bangle that she 'd just unwrapped , before turning on her heels and heading downstairs to catch the special seasonal episode of Crossroads . |
| 7 | So began my search for a suitable bird . |
| 8 | Not only did their desire for greater freedom at university lead them into conflict with the authorities , but at the same time they responded to issues of much wider social significance raised by the ‘ revolutionary situation ’ of 1859–61 , the massacre of peasants protesting against the terms of Emancipation , the repression of radical journalists such as Chernyshevsky . |
| 9 | A large , ungainly and abrasive man , he was not the sort of material to make the grade in the SAS in the normal way , but Stirling obviously had his reasons for taking him on . |
| 10 | At a meeting on 25th September they accepted his explanation and sent him back to Stockport , where he apparently continued his work for a total of thirteen years , until Chorleton returned to take up his position . |
| 11 | Those invigorating tramps across the springy heather merely whetted my appetite for more . |
| 12 | He would persuade her that he loved her , ask her to promise to run away with him if her father refused his consent to their marriage , and , when he finally asked her father for her hand , threaten him with the prospect of his daughter 's elopement — he and Jared Tunstall both knew how self-willed his daughter was , and that any threat from her would not be idle . |
| 13 | Guiding Lights was showing normal navigation lights but the pitch darkness made distance deceptive and the watchers ashore strained their ears for signs of shore contacts . |
| 14 | Because I just fixed my mortgage for four years with the Halifax , and it 's a total gamble fixing mortgages , by the way , if we , you know , because I do n't know where interest rates are going to go , but I , I fixed at seven point seven five percent for four years . |
| 15 | But common sense , coupled with the prospect of the time and paperwork involved in interviewing the hundred or so people who 'd been through the Cookery and Refreshment Tent during the past few hours finally defeated his hope for personal glory through brilliant deduction . |
| 16 | I had visions of having to pay vast amounts as ‘ punishment ’ , but in the end they just re-scheduled our flights for one whole day later . |
| 17 | To the scourge of this Depression dark voices were being added , and the shadows of armed conflict were beginning to impinge — a most unwelcome , even unbelievable thought to those who had , within the last 20 years , already risked their lives for King and country in ‘ The War To End All Wars . ’ |
| 18 | And er soon as he come in the house he he just walloped my mam for nothing . |
| 19 | Catherine and he still spent time together , when he was not working in the fields , but he no longer expressed his fondness for her in words , and he looked angry if she touched or kissed him . |
| 20 | The soldiers happily carried out their orders and , having lost their fruit , the inhabitants soon lost their desire for rebellion . |
| 21 | Falkenhayn wavered , finally gave his permission for the new attack , and even allocated a fresh division for it . |
| 22 | I only just taken his bike for him cos it went a bit rusty cos out the back and er could n't find then could we ? |
| 23 | It was Paul 's obsessive jealousy which had diseased and finally destroyed her feelings for him , even though it was an emotion she had never fully understood — until now . |
| 24 | Nigel rather admired her talent for symbolism . |
| 25 | Adam rather admired his great-uncle for this . |
| 26 | Enrile eventually withdrew his bid for the candidacy , but the party remained deeply divided with both Laurel and Cojuangco claiming that their candidacies represented the " real " NP . |
| 27 | Christies International , one of the world 's leading art auctioneers , yesterday revealed their profits for the last six months had been hammered by £1 million down to £2,112,000 . |
| 28 | Yes , in the old days I always made his appointments for him . " |
| 29 | Maud salvaged him as usual by noticing nothing , and he mistakenly respected her instinct for dealing with his doldrums . |
| 30 | Bowater yesterday asked its shareholders for £333.5m to help fund the purchase of two packaging firms . |