Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 2 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 3 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 4 | One branch asked for a dispensation . |
| 5 | The board flickered for a second or two , then slowly faded until it was gone , and Quiss was left sitting looking angrily at the small wooden table . |
| 6 | In fact , such was the sheer awesomeness of Mr Wilson 's fury that , as one person , the whole assembled mass headed for the door at top speed . |
| 7 | The previous chapter argued for a conception of music which maintains both the relative autonomy of its techniques and its ultimately social meaning , and which sees these as constructed within a historical dialectic . |
| 8 | His Superintendent asked for a priest to go to the island of Molokai where a colony of lepers lived in appalling conditions . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's the matter ? ’ she asked with swift acidity , as Melissa 's mouth sagged for a fraction of a second because of the unexpected ferocity of her reply . |
| 10 | And the car — the car headed for the Monument , ’ explained Jack as his mother came slowly over . |
| 11 | Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him . |
| 12 | His expression for once had lost that unyielding look , and uncertainty flickered for an instant in the glance he bestowed on her . |
| 13 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Oliver called after him as Cobalt headed for the kitchen . |
| 14 | A splatter of sparks fell like miniature stars , the light flickered for a fraction of a second , hissed venomously and then splat again into darkness and silence . |
| 15 | As a Group Captain , Dave Durkin was first at Medmenham from 1964–66 and no trophy existed for the match , but as a piece of ‘ superfluous ’ R.A.F. silver was to hand , it was re-dedicated as The Danesfield Cup expressly for this annual combat . |
| 16 | When the problems started to emerge with the AGR series , the search began for a successor to keep the British nuclear industry in business . |
| 17 | Although programs like DO-IT existed for the PC before anything appeared for the Macintosh it and its close cousins cost several thousand pounds . |
| 18 | Then at the crest of each polished wave , the blackness broke for a moment into the dark green of very deep water , and the sun shimmered in it like light varnished over . |
| 19 | Harsh words and animosity persisted for a year or so but by 1851 there was a thaw in relations between the London school and the Royal College . |
| 20 | Light blazed for a second from the wings of the Spitfire , and the enemy plane began a steady downward flight , unchecked towards the fields below . |
| 21 | The figure leapt for the top of the wall and was almost over when Martin jumped , grabbed its leg and pulled down as hard as he could . |
| 22 | As the search started for the cause of the tragedy , the Prime Minister offered his sympathy to the families but stressed there was no evidence that precautions were ignored . |
| 23 | Much more important was to contemplate how Africanist personae , narrative , and idiom moved and enriched the text in self-conscious ways , to consider what the engagement meant for the work of the writer 's imagination . |
| 24 | The Professor thought for a moment . |
| 25 | The professor thought for a moment , then said to his assistant , ‘ A tape measure . |
| 26 | A fine snow fell for a while , then that too ceased . |
| 27 | Bessey was sceptical of the whole approach as little more than revived natural history , and , in order to convince him that scientific ecology was possible , Clements and Pound looked for a method of quantifying their studies . |
| 28 | The IM reached for the telephone that linked him by direct line to Bacton . |
| 29 | Previous elections , when the electorate voted for a list of candidates nominated by the ruling communist Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) , had taken place in 1986 [ see p. 34678 ] . |
| 30 | The first frame of the programme appeared for a moment , juddered , then disappeared . |