Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [noun prp] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Other than that he showed up Giggs for the puke faced brat that he is ( all 10,000,000 and Papin worth of him — Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer ) .
2 He knocked down McGuire for a count of nine and on the break from the subsequent clinch McGuire hit him in the adam 's apple .
3 The week before England took on Scotland for the Grand Slam , Harlequins travelled to Gloucester for a league match .
4 Cricket now , and Northamptonshire are on the verge of a place in the NatWest Trophy final at Lords.They bowled out Warwickshire for a hundred and forty nine in the semi final at Edgbaston , and were further helped by some disastrous Warwickshire batting .
5 Grasshoppers three a-fiddling went , Alix hummed to herself , as she ran down Whitehall for the bus , swinging her shoulder bag in the cold , bright , showery , uncertain sun of late April .
6 Nicholas slipping and sidestepping deftly , set up Creaney for a close range shot which Hamilton one-handed , just turned round .
7 Then it was Irons who set up Aldridge for the third with a superb pass form inside his own half .
8 Lee Doherty set up Johnston for a right-wing cross and Gorman ghosted between two Bangor defenders to keep up his record of scoring in every round .
9 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
10 Weir looked sharp and eager as Jackson 's partner in attack and set up Lennon for the best early chance of the game .
11 He set up Whiddett for a header just wide of the mark before being booked with Ecchinswell 's Dean Nelson for retaliating after the latter had put in a late tackle .
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