Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] for [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When the full meeting of commissioners also failed to agree " without the authority of their lords " , they made a truce until 5 November and reported back for further instructions . |
2 | Once they were married adults they settled down for longer periods . |
3 | Under these schemes , which had first been developed in the 1970s as a means of raising capital from the private sector for new development , for example , on office and shopping complexes ( i.e. as a means of avoiding constraints on capital spending ) , council property was sold on a long lease to another agency and then leased back for shorter periods until the long lease expired . |
4 | Each school 's proposal is read by the DCSL , Divisional Librarian and the ACL:E&SS , and accepted or sent back for further refinement as required . |
5 | She searched around for further words to express her grief , but could find none , and kept repeating herself . |