Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reflecting that the librarian 's opinion of academics was about as low as hers of journalists , Loretta asked politely for the current Who 's Who . |
| 2 | In this he argued powerfully for a revival of social citizenship and the ‘ developmental state ’ . |
| 3 | Stage shows made Leonard Bernstein a very rich man , but he said he cared little for the money , his great love was for the music . |
| 4 | They cared little for the landscape in which they worked . |
| 5 | IN SEPTEMBER , a group of 50 people met together for a week of prayer at Our Lady of Good Counsel , Leeds . |
| 6 | Recollecting that she had no money with her , Clare asked only for a cup of tea ; but Len made her and Bridget sit down while he queued , and returned with a loaded tray . |
| 7 | None of this could detract from the supremacy of Williams , as Mansell and Patrese dominated the field and scrapped fiercely for the lead . |
| 8 | We lived together for a while . ’ |
| 9 | So much so that even when I had abandoned hopes of luring her into my narrow and uncomfortable bed , we frequently got together for a drink or a cheap meal . |
| 10 | A group of directors and employees got together for a discussion group and the resulting lively debate was recorded on a video currently doing the rounds of BNFL sites . |
| 11 | It was already beginning to fill up with French businessmen , and Jean-Paul made purposefully for a table in the window . |
| 12 | It seems only apposite that he should hover so often on the edge of the ‘ pathetic fallacy ’ , as for instance in the assault on Caradhras , where Aragorn and Boromir insist the wind has ‘ fell voices ’ and that stone-slips are aimed , or on the bridge at Khazad-dûm , where Gandalf is ‘ like a wizened tree ’ , but the Balrog a mixture of fire and shadow , a ‘ flame of Udûn ’ — checked only for a moment by Boromir 's horn . |
| 13 | Jake checked only for an instant . |
| 14 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
| 15 | I lived only for the day when I would come into my own . |
| 16 | It was platonic , for Louis was a man who lived only for the cause . |
| 17 | Insufficient data on survival ( patients admitted only for the management of the acute bleeding ) or incomplete medical records excluded seven patients ; 12 other patients were not studied because of prehepatic portal hypertension ( four ) , associated hepatocellular carcinoma or other neoplasms ( seven ) , or previous shunting ( one ) . |
| 18 | They had no hope of doing that unless the occupants of the Renault stopped somewhere for the night . |
| 19 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of Use or in any restriction of driving to specified persons in this Policy the indemnity to the Policyholder in connection with any motor car described in the Schedule shall operate while such motor car is in the custody or control of a member of the Motor Trade and used only for the purpose of its overhaul upkeep or repair . |
| 20 | The Channel Tunnel is to be built using the grand Chantier , or large scale works , procedure hitherto used only for the construction of nuclear power stations . |
| 21 | The baptistery was , in early Christian times , used only for the sacrament of baptism . |
| 22 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 23 | For those not counting calories quite so strictly , there 's this month 's dinner party , designed especially for the cook who wants the best of all worlds — dishes to prepare ahead and freeze , and dishes requiring little , or no , last-minute attention . |
| 24 | Among the treasures to be found there is the Helen Storey range , designed especially for the shop . |
| 25 | Outdoors , he continued to carry the picture while walking bipedally , and he headed directly for the gorilla quarters which were located near the adult-ape house on a hill behind the language lab . |
| 26 | Both Beatrice and Modigliani behaved impeccably for the occasion . |
| 27 | The Rentcharges Act 1977 prohibited the creation of further rent-charges , and provided also for the extinguishment of all existing rentcharges at the end of sixty years starting on 22 July 1977 , or on the date the rentcharge first became payable , whichever is later . |
| 28 | She headed straight for the coffee-pot . |
| 29 | The legal position was not entirely clear : if the extract was short enough , then it was permissible to use it , because an extract from a book used purely for the purpose of comment did not constitute a breach of copyright , but in the present circumstances , when it was used for purely political purposes , I was not so sure . |
| 30 | When the Frenchman saw what was happening , he shouted angrily for the senator to stop . |