Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all the colonies the English ever acquired were of one or another of these three types , and in a number of other ways the overseas activities undertaken between the 1550s and the 1640s laid down the pattern for all that was to come . |
| 2 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 3 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 4 | Some stories say the scribe who drew up the document for the Queen Regent was a Madeiran and that he deliberately forgot to include Madeira . |
| 5 | They ran the most influential party journals , drew up the agenda for party conferences and congresses , and spearheaded the internecine struggle in which the parties were involved . |
| 6 | Indeed those who drew up the blue-print for the Common Market in the 1956 Spaak Report sought to make available to Europeans those advantages so long enjoyed by US manufacturers in the USA 's single market . |
| 7 | She wore a pale blue suit , skirt slit up the thigh for combat , and a white blouse . |
| 8 | It is said that Alexander himself paced out the plan for his Egyptian city before hurrying off to conquer the rest of the world . |
| 9 | All this was so ludicrous that Jane could only laugh in disbelief , until , by accident , she found out the reason for the hostility of the erstwhile ‘ noble ’ family . |
| 10 | We tried out The Roundhouse for a while , even interrupting a World Service broadcast which was going out live from somewhere else in the building while we were bashing through a rehearsal — probably our first public airing . |
| 11 | According to the Guardian : ‘ the rector of St Tudy filled in the questionnaire for them . |
| 12 | As the 747 coasted down the runway for take-off , a voice announced to passengers that , following the lead of some American airlines , passengers would be shown the view of take-off from the cockpit . |
| 13 | At random , she lifted down the volume for 1977 . |
| 14 | It has been postulated that it was either the dinosaurs that opened up the way for the angiosperms , or instead it was the changing nature of the flora itself that was in some way the prime mover of evolutionary trends ; that , in spite of all the advances in jaw structure discussed above , they somehow speeded up trends towards extinction . |
| 15 | It brought her four children who opened up the world for her and unlocked her own narrow viewpoint — though not enough , as events were to show . |
| 16 | This not only gave good grounds for peace and stability in Europe , but also opened up the prospect for bigger cuts in military spending . |
| 17 | I lost a lot of pictures , but it opened up the night-time for me and I felt that the mood came out . |
| 18 | I was an ardent admirer and supporter of MacBrayne 's buses : they opened up the north-west for me . |
| 19 | The lamps were out and the curtains open , letting in an aquarium light that showed up the room for what it really was : a cold , colourless tomb . |
| 20 | Another knock on the door , he packed a small suitcase while the police dug up the garden for ‘ subversive ’ literature . |
| 21 | Paid up the insurance for the car , yeah ? |
| 22 | ‘ We took the axe to the cold rock face of socialism and we hewed out the secret for which generations had searched in vain — private wealth and public welfare growing together . ’ |
| 23 | Professor Khan had been a crucial cog in the great mesh of wheels that made up the whole for the creation of an Iraqi nuclear warhead . |
| 24 | Jane made up the basket for the bridesmaid from a sweet and innocent mixture of soft pink roses , sweet peas ( the pink and mauve ‘ Painted Lady ’ and the blue ‘ Countess Cadogan ’ ) , small sprays of pink larkspur , pink marguerites and the miniature Victorian gladiolus ‘ The Bride ’ . |
| 25 | When Kevin O'Reilly , who runs the only pharmacy in Ederney , returned to the province , he made up the product for one psoriasis victim . |
| 26 | My mother and I helped push him up the ladder into the attic ( not easy — he was no lightweight ) , and then passed up the bucket for him to quench the flames . |
| 27 | During the third round Sam drove the short par-4 10th green and his eagle putt hung on the lip for almost 25 seconds before dropping into the hole . |
| 28 | Mrs Lark said ‘ goodbye ’ and locked up the piano for another week . |
| 29 | We also hired a speedboat in Ipsos and powered up the coast for a beautiful view . |
| 30 | A computer error knocked out the system for the second time in a month . |