Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The tall , fair-haired man fell for another woman skater and his little partner 's heart was broken . |
| 32 | You need a different size of hole saw for each size of hole : you can buy multiple hole saws which have ‘ nests ’ of different sizes . |
| 33 | Dismissed because of his " too personal " interpretations of environmental affairs , Illes told a press conference that he believed that the environment would be sacrificed as the government struggled for foreign investment and the population grappled with increasing poverty , and added that Hungary does not have a coherent environmental policy . |
| 34 | Holly and the majority were to travel , the old man waited for another transport to another destination . |
| 35 | The letter asked for detailed information about the disposal of the funds , and Whitbread replied in dignified tones . |
| 36 | Hilary Burden asked for some expert views — and , overleaf , we ask your opinion |
| 37 | The bank asked for some security for this amount and the defendant promised by letter to charge certain goods and to pay the proceeds thereof to the bank against the overdraft . |
| 38 | It 's rather like DIY in that one day you may need a power saw to cut up some timber , the next a hand saw for some precision work . |
| 39 | Silence reigned for some time as they attacked the meal . |
| 40 | Following the talk there were a wide range of questions demonstrating the concern the audience felt for threatened wildlife and the environment . |
| 41 | The project ran for one morning a week over fourteen weeks in the autumn and winter of 1990/1 . |
| 42 | However , the silence continued for some time , as though the other rabbits did not care to mention what they thought was wrong . |
| 43 | Controversy continued for some time about the identity or otherwise of human and bovine tuberculosis , until the infecting organisms were shown clearly to belong to different species of the large genus Mycobacteria , most of which are harmless to man . |
| 44 | The sum delimited for military spending , 108,000 million roubles , equalled that set aside for social security . |
| 45 | The doctor stayed for another hour , gave Cora-Beth the promised sedative and a tearful Becky put her to bed . |
| 46 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |
| 47 | The noise continued for same time and as the male laughter increased I realised the parcel must be a large one . |
| 48 | For the top teams in the group of eight this would mean a total of 40 league games as opposed to the 44 matches which will have to be fulfilled if the 12-club division continued for another season . |
| 49 | The uproar in the kitchen continued for some time while Nanny pressed his face against her coat and added her own voice to the tumult . |
| 50 | Scholars in this field had for some time been engaged in a debate over the importance of acquired and inherited personality traits in behaviour . |
| 51 | The firing continued for another hour , and I moved quietly through the trees to the shore . |
| 52 | But it seems to me it 's the person , people drinking the coffee who are getting the perk , therefore they should have twenty pounds a year added for free coffee providers |
| 53 | It provided that the cost of a benefit consisting of the provision of any service or facility which was also provided to the public ( i.e. , in-house benefits ) should be the price which the public paid for such facility or service . |
| 54 | It is characteristic of the Government that although the Minister spoke for one quarter of an hour , he did not once refer to new clause 2 or defend the Government 's record . |
| 55 | I gave him a full deflection burst for good measure and then my ammunition ran out . |
| 56 | The aforementioned book was written before the system closed for extensive modernisation and I have no further information ( in spite of research ) that any more unexplained events have occurred . |
| 57 | The Ministry of Supply asked for any kind of bone except the backbone of a kipper . |
| 58 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 59 | Can I just say , Chairman , that the problem was that they asked for , the region asked for equal representation with the County Council , now if all the districts did that then there 'd be , then the Grants Panel would have about twenty one people to I mean , for the operation to go ahead . |
| 60 | Magistrates adjourned the hearing until later today after a solicitor asked for more time to consult his clients . |