Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the same year , Percy Shelley and Edward Williams drowned when the Don Juan sank in the Bay of Spezia , and Clairmont cared for the widows in the first few weeks . |
| 32 | Cameron 's father began writing plays again , and managements competed for the rights to stage each new mature masterpiece . |
| 33 | That and the rain , which stained the concrete a dirty brown , gave the place a deserted look even during term-time , but the fact that it was so close to London meant that it really was deserted at the weekends as students and staff headed for the bright lights . |
| 34 | It so happened that the Missions to the Adult Deaf and Dumb of Ireland were seeking a missionary , and Maginn applied for the position . |
| 35 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 36 | Such taxes begin with the levies imposed by lay rulers to raise money for the crusades ( as the kings of England and France did for the Second and Third Crusades ) . |
| 37 | The angel struck Jacob on the thigh and Jacob limped for the rest of his life . |
| 38 | Troops committed by Pakistan and Bangladesh left for the Gulf in early September , while on Sept. 18 Argentina became the first Latin American country to announce that it would send forces ; two frigates , a Hercules aeroplane and 450 soldiers left on Sept. 25 , despite opposition claims that this action violated the Constitution and was inconsistent with Argentina 's diplomatic tradition of neutrality in overseas conflicts . |
| 39 | The days when the Royal Brothers and Jackie Pallo plied their trade in exotic venues like Brent Town Hall and WWF stood for the World Wildlife Fund , not the World Wrestling Federation . |
| 40 | Fawcett played the Second and Third Tests — risking a major defensive error which cost a try in the Third — and Robertson returned for the Fourth . |
| 41 | But the depth of respect and affection felt for the late leader of the Islamic revolution does not extend to his successors , who have broken into two loose camps of so-called ‘ radicals ’ and ‘ pragmatists ’ . |
| 42 | Alongside the programme of developing the franchise chain — Wilmslow and Bromley open shortly , with Belfast , Harrogate and Kingston planned for the end of the year — Rodier Hommes is building up a network of approved stockists around the UK . |
| 43 | Mitchum and Geisler arrived for the trial , surrounded by frenzied fans . |
| 44 | That night , quite late , he was taken quite dramatically ill himself , and Chris rang for the emergency doctor . |
| 45 | With the widespread translation of Early Irish stories into English around the turn of the century a younger generation of Irishmen and women discovered for the first time a fresh and potent source of images to define their sense of nationality . |
| 46 | Twenty years of club tours to the Midlands , Kent , Herts and Essex recorded for the delectation of those who enjoyed them . |
| 47 | Kosi left her plastic beaker of tea steaming gently on the nearest flat surface while she and Lars headed for the centre of the room . |
| 48 | They had not been back in London long before he and Ricky left for the West Indies . |
| 49 | ‘ That would be the case if Liverpool won the championship and Wales qualified for the World Cup . |
| 50 | One indication of the importance of state pensions in increasing the financial security and independence of the bulk of the British population can be drawn from statistics of wealth distribution in England and Wales collected for the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth . |
| 51 | ‘ It is where the Christian martyrs met their deaths , and where wild animals and gladiators battled for the pleasure of the city 's populace . ’ |
| 52 | Agreements in March and June provided for the introduction of common identity cards ; the relaxation of travel restrictions ; the construction of a rail link joining Rabat , Algiers , Tunis and Tripoli , and a motorway linking Algiers to Casablanca ; and the creation of a joint Maghreb airline company . |
| 53 | Hardy produced a pack of cards and , after dividing Gleeson 's box between them , he and Laurel played for the cigarettes as the van lurched and swayed away from the court , through the town centre and out to H.M. |
| 54 | Maggie sat with the others and Natasha made for the bar where Muriel , an orange-haired dragon somewhere in her seventies , held sway as chief barmaid . |
| 55 | The dozen or so rounds included music , sport , history , geography , art and literature but Crawley waited for the film , TV and theatre questions before playing their joker . |
| 56 | When Sir Alec lost the 1964 election their hour arrived , and all but Macleod stood for the leadership under a new system of open elections within the party . |
| 57 | But Smith returned for the final Test |