Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Marie asked Gazzer for the second time that day . |
| 32 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 33 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 34 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |
| 35 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 36 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 37 | Germany outstripped Britain for the first time as the largest contributor last year . |
| 38 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota hopes that flattery will get it everywhere in Japan , and so it chose Tokyo for the worldwide launch of a range of new models in its C90 line to replace the existing Y-MP machines . |
| 39 | Cray Research Inc , Eagan , Minnesota hopes that flattery will get it everywhere in Japan , and so it chose Tokyo for the worldwide launch of a range of new models in its C90 line to replace the existing Y-MP machines . |
| 40 | The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 . |
| 41 | In November 1990 , her colleague Katherine Howe nominated Beverley for the Cosmopolitan /Clairol Achievement Awards . |
| 42 | This emerges in the form of a dreary Swedish mantra along the lines of ‘ He tried to beat mee , but I beat heem , and so I won Weembledon for the first time . ’ |
| 43 | Nigel Jones , who won Cheltenham for the Liberal Democrats has been named front bench spokesman on housing and local government . |
| 44 | Arguing that Richard 's attack on Toulouse was a breach of the truce of 1187 — which Richard denied — Philip invaded Berry for the second time in twelve months , though he first took care to ascertain that Henry II disclaimed any responsibility for his son 's actions and was therefore unlikely to move swiftly to his assistance . |
| 45 | He therefore left Brighton for the greater glory of London ; fortunately for his less famous successors , ‘ the scheme never materialised ’ . |
| 46 | In 1348 the bubonic plague , known as the Black Death , struck Europe for the first time and , in conditions of poor sanitation , famine and undernourishment , made rapid progress . |
| 47 | Stipends were generally better in town churches : when Joseph Parker began his ministry in Banbury in 1853 he received 50s. a week or £130 p.a. although when he left Banbury for the affluent Cavendish Street Chapel in Manchester in 1858 his income jumped to £1,700 . |
| 48 | When the immediate formalities were over , he left Algeria for the last time , and flew back to Paris , where he shut himself away in the house at St-Cloud , seeing no one . |
| 49 | Two days later , on 26 July , the dowager and the queen left Linlithgow for the greater safety of Stirling , presumably an indication that , with the making of this bond , the relatively straightforward period of the first half of 1543 was over . |
| 50 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Elise , ’ said Leonora for the hundredth time . |
| 51 | Of those universities who also support Ph D research in Scottish geology , Edinburgh 's students and staff have consulted 100 of the theses in data set C. For the major universities researching in the field , the numbers of thesis borrowers from particular universities are in proportion ( ratio nearly 1:1 ) to the numbers of Ph D theses produced in these universities . |