Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An instance of the kind of fluidity I have in mind occurred for one boy who was in role as a ‘ robot controller ’ . |
| 2 | This selection of winning tools includes a 20in Short cut saw for each runner up . |
| 3 | The club went for another batsman instead , and that 's why I was intent on resigning . |
| 4 | As it happened , though the tension continued for some time after the building of the Berlin Wall in August to stop the flight of East Germans to the West , the two sides had to settle for a stalemate . |
| 5 | One frequently-cited piece of evidence is that of desperately low yields for cereal crops ( even as low as one measure reaped for one measure sown — compare modern farmers ' ratios of up to 18:1 ) suggested by a fragment of an inventory of the royal estate of Annappes during Charlemagne 's reign . |
| 6 | More than a century ago J. S. Mill argued for universal education on moral grounds , holding that it would manifestly increase the general balance of pleasure over pain , happiness over unhappiness . |
| 7 | Commitment to a performance target is not assured because a boss asked for that commitment . |
| 8 | His pleasure at the escape had for some reason given way now to even more sadness in the presence of the eagles that were still caged , as if the escape of one had intensified the sense of imprisonment of the others . |
| 9 | A possible intervention of the King 's Proctor to upset the divorce had for some time been lurking in the Government 's mind . |
| 10 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 11 | Certain branches of the Ulster Workers ' Council wished for more time to prepare their particular factory or section of industry . |
| 12 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 13 | The plaintiff wrote for such advice and also for the name of a ‘ good stockbroker . ’ |
| 14 | The facades of 106 houses were rapidly built , but it was another twenty years or more before many of the interiors were begun and Kemp Town stayed for some time rather like a giant film set with the image of grandeur propped up by heavy wooden beams . |
| 15 | Regular programmes began in July 1951 , when the station transmitted for one hour only , three days per week . |
| 16 | In 1890 a chance arose for united action but even here divisions remained . |
| 17 | GORDON STRACHAN last night appealed for strong refereeing to give Leeds a fighting chance of creating European Cup history . |
| 18 | Some simply washed in the pool of water meant for each eagle , dipping their heads and wings in and letting the water run down their backs . |
| 19 | EXPERIENCED vocalist wanted for own material rock band , Van Halen sounding , Northampton , Bedford , Milton Keynes areas . |
| 20 | This suggests an answer to a question which has troubled international political economists since the early 1970s : what happens when the hegemon needed for hegemonic stability begins to decline ? |
| 21 | It was therefore felt that any new arrangements should ensure that no council could ignore its responsibilities , although no effective legal mechanism existed for central government to impose Griffiths ' ‘ ring-fence ’ budget on local authorities . |
| 22 | This train ran for some time , but was not considered entirely successful . |
| 23 | Plans for the opera continued for some time : |
| 24 | Council spokesman Mike Clark said the authority apologised for any inconvenience and distress . |
| 25 | Initially there had been a substantial market for British films in the US , where demand remained for some time ahead of the production levels achieved by American filmmakers . |
| 26 | BASSIST wanted for interesting rock band , original material and covers , influences include Jackson Browne , Genesis and Roachford . |
| 27 | AS THE deadline approached for this quarter 's issue of Wood News , there was a certain amount of nervousness at John Wood House , since only a few stories had come through from our new network of Correspondents . |
| 28 | A few days later the call came for general mobilisation . |
| 29 | During the Battle of Britain , an urgent call came for quick production of Receiver and Transmitter Cabins — radio location or Radar . |
| 30 | To glorify the love felt for another man 's wife was to flout contemporary notions of obedience and authority , the authority of the church as well as the authority of the husband . |