Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Goths , however , objected to this national treasure being handed over , and redeemed it for 200,000 solidi . |
| 2 | And it was , it was about two hundred pounds a night and got it for ten pounds a night . |
| 3 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 4 | ‘ They acted as judge and jury and suspended me for ten weeks without a trial . |
| 5 | He did not like this and changed them for two of the same length . |
| 6 | ‘ Valerie , ’ the editor of the Mail on Sunday said to me once , after I had filed a neat and convincing piece on an earthquake the ground had trembled beneath me in Rome , where Lou was playing with the London Symphonic and a wall had fallen on top of me and trapped me for two hours — ‘ you are the mistress of controlled reportage . |
| 7 | It was not until Aunt Kit rang me up , three days later , and abused me for ten minutes between tearing bouts of coughing , saying that I had hurt ‘ poor Lil ’ quite unbearably , that he said I had been wrong to write it . |
| 8 | The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years . |
| 9 | Judge Geoffrey Kilfoil ordered his arrest and jailed him for 14 days for contempt of court . |
| 10 | They were about to land at Bristol when he spotted car thieves and buzzed them for 10 miles until they ditched their motor . |
| 11 | Livingston was quoted as saying he was given the supplement drink by a friend and took it for three weeks before the Games , not knowing it contained the steroid. — PA |
| 12 | Here is a man who antagonised me and bothered me for 16 months and when I said ‘ yes ’ to fighting him again , he said ‘ no ’ . |
| 13 | Chelmsford magistrates fined him £2,600 and banned him for 18 months . |
| 14 | Carbery took a pack of cards out of his pocket and dealt them for Twenty-five . |
| 15 | The result was the partnership which bought Twr-y-Felin in St David 's and ran it for 18 months until Phil moved on to pursue other interests . |
| 16 | The bewitchment , if any , had evaporated as soon as those black eyes had extinguished that first interested glance and substituted it for one of rampant dislike . |
| 17 | It was as if the attacking force had drawn back their battering-ram and steadied it for one final assault . |
| 18 | Police arrested them after the tragedy and held them for two days on suspicion of unlawful killing . |
| 19 | He had confidence in Timman 's ability to hold this theoretically drawn endgame , but tested him for four hours on Monday before agreeing to share the point . |