Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The painter Patrick Heron wrote for the New Statesman in London in the 1950s , and used this technique for writing about Braque , whom he compared with Picasso . |
| 2 | A trout jumped for a sparkling irridescent fly . |
| 3 | That and the rain , which stained the concrete a dirty brown , gave the place a deserted look even during term-time , but the fact that it was so close to London meant that it really was deserted at the weekends as students and staff headed for the bright lights . |
| 4 | For a moment she lost her mother in the crowd of horses and riders and foot followers , as people jostled for the best position , or to ride alongside their fancy . |
| 5 | While the prophetic people waited for a great military leader , and the Dark Power scoured the skies for signs of a cosmic invasion , God slipped into the world almost unheralded . |
| 6 | It is touching but rather embarrassing that after the film the rest of the people waited for the foreign quests to leave first , and clapped us when we went out . |
| 7 | Sporadic firing and the misery of Joseph 's people continued for the next two days . |
| 8 | When Roe won for the first time at the Catalan Open in 1989 , it was predicted that he would become a regular winner on Tour . |