Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-seven veterans of the summer campaign to Argentina ( minus centre Christian Coeurville who is involved in exams ) , along with the ‘ tired trio ’ — Sella , Mesnel and LaFond — and the ‘ banned trio ’ of Gimbert , Benazzi and Roumat , and Sebastian Conchy ( the Begles and French students flanker ) met for a squad session in Leon in South West France . |
| 2 | In the first week of January 1979 , President Giscard d'Estaing expounded his view when he met for a summit conference with Jimmy Carter , Hemut Schmidt , the West German chancellor , and James Callaghan , the British prime minister , on the French West Indian island of Guadeloupe . |
| 3 | Two years ago the 41year-old received a similar amount when his former teams of Liverpool and Arsenal met for a testimonial match . |
| 4 | Time- asymmetry thus implies that while the terrain was undergoing upheaval new types of animal arose through a feedback process , because they needed the land for further food , and because the waxing and waning ice-ages together with ( or as a result of ) the early breakup and reformation of the continents often had major and fatal consequences for marine and land faunas . |
| 5 | ‘ If it 's not his jokes , he is constantly relating how he fought as a moss trooper on the northern march . ’ |
| 6 | When they acquired holes he applied for a clothing grant . |
| 7 | MSF applied for a possession order , which was postponed pending the outcome of the application for an order for sale . |
| 8 | A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading . |
| 9 | Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes . |
| 10 | He alleged that inquiry officers had lied about seeing a flickering light in a bedroom window of his home when they applied for a search warrant . |
| 11 | I applied for a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College ( pronounced Keys ) . |
| 12 | Encouraged by Drew , Daisy applied for a Pony Club scholarship for Perdita , and they were duly summoned to Kirtlington to meet the Committee in early July . |
| 13 | By the time Bomberg applied for a war artist 's commission in 1939 he was a sadly neglected figure . |
| 14 | When she followed the instructions and applied for a job interview she was told : ‘ Sorry , we are only recruiting staff from Ireland . ’ |
| 15 | When I was sure he was alone , I followed him into the bank and while he queued I read a leaflet to see if I qualified for a home mortgage . |
| 16 | With her new role Alison qualified for a company car . |
| 17 | A news item in 1988 concerning a 590cm. ( approximately 19ft. ) long pilot whale washed up at Talland Bay recalls other sea mammals washed up on our coastline , one of which apparently qualified for a church burial . |
| 18 | But here , in what visitors mistook for a tool shed , he was conveniently out of the world 's reach . |
| 19 | I was born in 1934 and lived through a world war . |
| 20 | Later , he registered as a PhD student at King 's College , London , studying philosophy and psychology under Professor Aveling . |
| 21 | ‘ I expect Lubor is busy beavering away back in his office ? ’ she asked as a warm-up question before she got down to basics — and immediately wished that she had n't because at once Ven 's expression darkened , and as he raised an aristocratic eyebrow she knew instantly that all affability was gone . |
| 22 | Minton used this setting for his drawing , Jam Session , which he produced as a cover design for the July-August 1949 issue of Our Time , a left-wing arts magazine . |
| 23 | In the first place , we asked for a salary rise , a reduction in land rents and more fertile land because usually the owners round there would rent us plots which were n't good for anything . |
| 24 | He asked for a MRA force to come to the Ruhr — ‘ and the place to begin is Moers , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Sun says Addamax — a vendor to Sun — asked for a loan guarantee , and it agreed because the suit raised serious issues . |
| 26 | He also asked for a rule change to allow the cleaning of golf balls on the greens — as allowed at some clubs — but apparently not at Henley . |
| 27 | She picked up the telephone and asked for a courier service . |
| 28 | The vestry of the City church of St Peter-le-Poore , Broad Street , also had this in mind and , as a result , officials were charging an additional £50 in 1838 for iron coffins deposited in their vaults over and above the standard fee of £1 15s. 2d. as against the extra £20 asked for a lead shell — with all fees double for non-parishioners . |
| 29 | The hijacker has told US officials he put the pistol under his hat and placed the hat on a table as he passed through a metal detector . |
| 30 | Mark passed through a security screen to make his way to the impressive central lobby where the Chairman of the Committee was already waiting to receive him . |