Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [noun] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nobody ever got through Sybil 's guard .
2 A movement was born that provided for the next four years the reference point for the left , and for artists and what passed for Britain 's Beats .
3 And if you want to see what passed for America 's energy policy , you 're looking at it .
4 They met between George 's window and the open door at the end of the car and although at first they looked moderately at peace with each other , the encounter deteriorated rapidly .
5 We lost 0–2 but events were taking shape which were to bring the young goalkeeper to the fore : Coventry City swooped for Glazier 's signature in mid-October at a record fee for a goalkeeper of £35,000 .
6 She wanted to take that thick neck of his and press her fingernails , long and freshly varnished for Urquhart 's benefit , deep into the flesh until the cocky smirk on his face was replaced by a grimace of pain .
7 Le Monde of June 9-10 estimated that in the 50 major , policy-determining laws of the 270 passed during Rocard 's term as Prime Minister , Rocard had relied on the support of the right and centre nearly three times as often as he relied on the PCF .
8 At the phone I rang the operator and asked for Addy 's number .
9 It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified this man as an accomplice of the two Libyans arrested at Dakar ( and subsequently released ) who took over from Ahmed Jibril after he asked for Gaddafi 's help .
10 Before they left , the counsellor asked for Peter 's permission to contact his GP , which he gave , and asked why .
11 If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks .
12 Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications will send a group of telecommunications experts to Vietnam on April 10 to hold a seminar about infrastructure development in Japan : Vietnam 's Minister of Transport and Telecommunications asked for Japan 's co-operation in developing the country 's telecommunication networks when he visited Japan in February , the Ministry noted .
13 Bolté asked for Roberts 's advice on cutting administrative costs in Korea .
14 She later fought for women 's rights and social reform in the Alberta legislature at Edmonton , and represented Canada at the League of Nations .
15 At his consecration , he had promised to maintain Canterbury 's rights of every kind , from the primacy down to the smallest knight 's fee , and we have seen that in Rufus 's reign he allowed many , as we might think , greater matters to lie dormant while he fought for Canterbury 's rights .
16 J. L. Pearson avoided this arrangement at St Peter 's by confining the two-storey teaching accommodation to the perimeter of the wedge-shaped site at the rear of his church , the central ‘ spine ’ of the plan linking the blocks on the east and west site boundaries to create two largely internal courtyards which operated as children 's playgrounds ( Fig 53 ) .
17 Some wanted to press on with the war and argued for Mentheus 's son , Altheus .
18 Stephen Heath argued for MacCabe 's appointment on the grounds of the need to sustain the Cambridge English faculty as the " greatest in the world " .
19 Those great figures of the Enlightenment , William Robertson and David Hume , both argued for Mary 's guilt of adultery ( with Bothwell ) and murder ( of Darnley ) , on the grounds that the Casket Letters were genuine , in their histories of Scotland and England respectively which they published in 1759 ; and they in turn were attacked a year later by William Tytler , in his Historical and Critical Enquiry into the evidence against Mary Queen of Scots .
20 His shot crept through Miklosko 's legs and Micky Hazard made absolutely sure for Swindon .
21 Agnes asked after Kathleen 's health .
22 As we climbed , I asked after Rozanov 's wife , Sonia , and Sasha his son .
23 Guests will be lawful visitors to those parts of the hotel to which they have been invited , i.e. all public rooms ( lounge , reception , restaurant ) , their bedrooms , conveniences , etc. provided for guests ' use .
24 Bob Hope , the master of ceremonies for the umpteenth time , unfunnily and inaccurately joked about Dustin 's youthfulness , saying , ‘ They nominated a kid like Dustin Hoffman — he made a picture he ca n't get in to see .
25 Dr. Clarke had himself been a surveyor in the town in 1765 : he also cultivated the art of perspective drawing , examples of which can be seen in the plans he drew for Whitaker 's History of Manchester of 1765 and 1771 .
26 Her researcher , Anthony Massey , said : ‘ The shrapnel flew between us and a piece bounced off Kate 's helmet .
27 Since ITV had the TV monopoly of advertising and ‘ editorializing ’ was not allowed , few anxieties surfaced about advertisers ' influence on programmes .
28 But unless there is gross exaggeration or fabrication of symptoms , these should not he described as Meadow 's syndrome .
29 The cold of the ground slowly seeped through Riven 's bedroll to chill his back , and he edged closer to the fire , sick of the aches in his bones and counting out in his mind the hours before he had to go on watch .
30 Later he was to acquire his pleasure dome , his fabled mansion , his circular bed , his non-stop room service of food , drink , movies , closed circuit television and girls from the Bunnies ' dormitory , the Xanadu of the Middle West over which he presided as Chicago 's Kubla Khan .
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