Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [noun prp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strike was called off on July 15 , when the opposition met Ratsiraka for talks , but their dissatisfaction with the results prompted a resumption of strike action and the announcement that a retired general , Jean Rakotoharison , had been appointed president of the opposition provisional government , with Albert Zafy as prime minister . |
| 2 | In January 1991 Roman visited Strasbourg for talks on Romanian membership of the Council of Europe . |
| 3 | LEEDS striker Bobby Davison , 33 , last night joined Leicester for £70,000 . |
| 4 | The ferry left Ramsgate for Dunkirk at 9.00am British time and docked two and a half hours later at 12.30pm continental time . |
| 5 | With 125 people on board — students , teachers , education officials — the vessel left Norway for Aberdeen and called at Lerwick before returning to Bergen during the ten-day itinerary . |
| 6 | It began as a homebased outfit called Lentils For Dubrovnik , but ten lorryloads later it 's become a highly sophisticated collection and distribution network … and it 's threatening to engulf the organisation . |
| 7 | By 1811 Stark was in bad health and on medical advice left Glasgow for Edinburgh , where the writers to the Signet and the Faculty of Advocates commissioned him to redesign their libraries ( later both occupied by the Signet ) for which the carcase had already been erected by Robert Reid [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | The 29-year-old Israeli joined Liverpool for £1m from Standard Liege three years ago when he made a significant impact on the club 's last championship success . |
| 9 | Taking no chances , the doctor sent Lisa for X-rays — they showed that her neck was extremely fragile . |
| 10 | On that day a plane left Baghdad for London with 133 people on board , mainly women and children . |
| 11 | Before the archbishop left England for Rome , he apparently denounced Calandrini to James I as a dangerous Puritan . |
| 12 | On 28 June , before any request had been received from the ruler , Centaur and Bulwark were sailed for the Gulf ; the Amphibious Squadron left Bahrein for Kuwait with instructions to stay out of sight of land ; the Hunters and Shackletons were flown north from Aden to Bahrein ; a Canberra squadron was sent from Germany to Bahrein as well ; and 24th Brigade was alerted in Kenya and preparations were made to fly it to Kuwait in chartered civil aircraft . |
| 13 | A leper begged Jesus for help : ‘ If only you will , ’ said the man , ‘ you can cleanse me . ’ |