Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 In second place Frank Emmelmann had to be at his very best as Linford Christie charged home for the British team , pushed all the way by Bruno Marie-Rose and Stefano Tilli , but the East German held on well as Linford was given the fastest ‘ anchor ’ split of 9.1 .
2 They had no hope of doing that unless the occupants of the Renault stopped somewhere for the night .
3 A LAWYER acting for Mrs Winnie Mandela appealed yesterday for an end to press speculation about her marriage to Mr Nelson Mandela as further reports surfaced alleging links with yet another township murder .
4 Richard turned left for the underground , Martin hailed a taxi .
5 Hacker put the match beyond doubt two minutes after the interval with his second strike , although Jeremy Fry in the Welsh goal was called upon to make two smart saves before , in the last minute , Mark Lewis , one of only two home-based Welsh players in the side , sent Antony Colclough away for the final goal .
6 Deuce slipped away for the drink .
7 ‘ A call I should like , ’ said Dorothy , with some emphasis , ‘ but Ray seems to be inviting himself and Kathleen to stay here for a night or two . ’
8 Charlotte Fischer , Emma Sokell and Sarah Spittle ran both for the College and the University Blues Team , and Vicki Edwards and Katherine Walker played for the University Women 's Tennis Team .
9 Five minutes before the end of the first-half Danny Kaleopa scored again for the Samoans , but Greg Townsend kicked a penalty in the last minute of the half to reduce the Samoans ' advantage to four points at 12–8 .
10 Opposition to the ban has forced Governor Wiyogo to apologize publicly for the heavy-handed tactics of the authorities .
11 Jake checked only for an instant .
12 Reflecting that the librarian 's opinion of academics was about as low as hers of journalists , Loretta asked politely for the current Who 's Who .
13 Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 .
14 Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 .
15 Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came .
16 I have n't noticed Reg writing much for the past few minutes , though .
17 Will you and Jane wait there for a while until I 'm respectable again ? ’
18 Although Liphook strove hard for the equaliser , they were unable to take advantage of the many opportunities created .
19 Kevin Keen worked tirelessly for the Londoners and Alvin Martin was prominent in defence despite the heavy scoreline .
20 Both had in May called publicly for a return to a multiparty system .
21 In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London .
22 The CNGSB called instead for the establishment of 192 wider assembly areas , and for freedom of movement for all CNGSB members whether or not they were subject to arrest orders .
23 It was at this point that Mrs Crumwallis spoke aloud for the first time .
24 Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks .
25 Fergus stood there for a moment .
26 When they split up , Tree stayed away for a year , but reemerged to send Bailey a telegram when he married Marie Helvin .
27 Carter and the Shah met again for the second and final time only a few weeks later , It was New Years Eve in Teheran , Carter was on a hectic world swing and Teheran was a convenient resting place between Warsaw and New Delhi .
28 Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral .
29 However , for the third time this season , Wantage could not hold on to a lead given them in the last five minutes , and allowed Andy Martin to shoot home for the equaliser for Bicester .
30 KEITH CAMERON waits patiently for an audience and soon spots that all is not well in their domain .
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