Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun prp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Hearing that Balsley was not expected to live , Chapman literally scoured France for oranges . |
2 | I just asked Potter for leave . |
3 | So , aged twenty , I finally left Kerry for London to begin my transformation into a man . |
4 | The mother , notwithstanding what she had previously said about not taking the child out of the jurisdiction without an order of the court , nevertheless left Ontario for England on the very next day , 3 July 1991 . |
5 | In the light of the fresh revelations Roh ordered a full investigation of the issue , and on Jan. 21 the South Korean government formally petitioned Japan for compensation . |
6 | Hoelzer promptly sued Stamford for $1.2 million . |
7 | Westborough , Massachusetts-based , Banyan Systems Inc and the Santa Cruz Operation Inc yesterday launched Vines for SCO Unix — seen by observers as SCO 's riposte to the shrink-wrapped UnixWare collaboration between Unix System Labs Inc and Novell Inc — targeting SCO 's large base of Intel Corp system users . |
8 | During his visit to the USA in October Thach also visited Washington for talks with Gen. John Vessey , Bush 's special envoy on US servicemen missing in action ( MIA ) in Indo-China . |
9 | The Harrogate-born 26-year-old was given a free transfer by Leeds seven years ago and later joined Wimbledon for £70,000 . |
10 | Hiss denied the charges and unsuccessfully sued Chambers for libel ; then he in his turn was tried for perjury and sentenced in January 1950 to five years in prison . |
11 | XSoft also said GlobalView for X was now up on IBM 's RS/6000s . |
12 | He then asked Boyle for £30 for cannabis which he had given them earlier and when Boyle refused to pay until the t-shirts were sold Boyle claims he was attacked . |
13 | The special train then left Llangynog for Oswestry at 4.30 pm . |
14 | He recently left Wimbledon for Manchester City for a staggering £2.5 million . |
15 | After NASA , Briggs ' life takes on a mysterious tone , since he subsequently left NASA for Delphin Systems , a computer firm in San Jose and then on to Santa Clara . |