Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main complaint was that Microsoft offered large discounts to PC makers who agreed to pay for a copy of MS-DOS or Windows for every machine they sold , whether or not it was actually loaded with one . |
| 2 | ( In my enthusiasm , I sent this letter to everyone whose name and number were on my telephone pad ( I ’ d been out rather a lot , and other members of the family took the calls ) ; this included someone who 'd phoned for a different reason , and next day I got a somewhat bemused call from an elderly gentleman who had never heard of Donkey Lane , but thought it sounded a splendid project and wanted to know all about it . |
| 3 | Then there was a big cheer from the 18th and we thought it was Nicklaus who 'd holed for a birdie . |
| 4 | Only child Adele wrote after reading about a local teenager who died waiting for a swap op . |
| 5 | Twice a week , having given their word of honour that they would not attempt to escape , those prisoners who wished to go for a heavily guarded march through the surrounding countryside , along lanes chosen for their loneliness , were allowed to do so . |
| 6 | In July the authorities arrested two leading opponents of the government , Charles Rubia and Kenneth Matiba , who had called for a referendum on the future of one-party rule ; in subsequent protest riots 20 people died [ see p. 37603 ] . |
| 7 | The chair of the Campaign for Democracy , Beko Ransome-Kuti , who had called for a campaign of civil disobedience in the New Year if Babangida did not leave office , was arrested on Dec. 31 and detained for a number of days . |
| 8 | But that Wednesday morning , the few customers who had called for an early drink were much more interested in other underwater creatures : four of them , with sleek black skins and disproportionately large webbed feet , circling up and down , and round and round , and sweeping the depths diligently below the weir , streams of bubbles intermittently rising to the surface from the cylinders strapped to their backs . |
| 9 | Dr Owen 's decision to support tactical voting for some Liberal Democrat candidates will surprise senior Conservatives , who had hoped for a simple message of support for Mr Major . |
| 10 | The news came as a crushing blow to the cast and production team on the £10million set in Spain who had hoped for a reprieve after a recent upturn in viewing figures . |
| 11 | The news came as a crushing blow to the cast and production team on the £10million set in Spain who had hoped for a reprieve after a recent upturn in viewing figures . |
| 12 | It could only be someone who had gone for a marathon walk or a solitary picnicker who had lain down and fallen asleep . |
| 13 | Heather Courtley , whose son was the patient who had to wait for an hour , said she was not reassured . |
| 14 | The Section became engrossed in the preparations for Bretton Woods and the founding of the IMF , and the Labour politicians who had pressed for a declaration of post-war policy were getting ready to fight the next general election . |
| 15 | She looked exactly how she had wanted to look , like a woman who had dressed for a man , so why did she feel so unsure of herself now ? |
| 16 | But to Paula 's triumphant delight the suit was snapped up the moment it went back onto its hanger — a solicitor 's wife who had stopped for a coffee had fallen in love with it , even if the skirt did have to be taken up four full inches to make it fit her less-than-willow tall frame . |
| 17 | Mrs Di Brown , a former secretary of Yarm Conservatives who now lives in Abbey Road , Darlington , said she felt sorry for people who had waited for an hour or more . |
| 18 | Compare this with a ‘ puzzle ’ structure used by the same authors with a similar age group of children who had asked for a ‘ horror mystery ’ drama . |
| 19 | Lydia had always collected curious specimens for her parties , frequently foreign : South Africans who could tell her what it was really like over there , Nigerians in brilliant robes , an Asian boy with almond eyes who had stayed for a month until Gerald heard the scurrilous talk and kicked him out . |
| 20 | Since J. C. Wells 's research on the phonological adaptations made by Jamaicans who had lived for a period in London ( Wells 1973 ) , there have been only a few detailed studies of the language of Caribbeans in Britain in spite of a good deal of interest in all aspects of Britain 's black population . |
| 21 | Since we needed someone to skin and look after the specimens we collected , we eventually employed a lanky youth called Yusuf German who had worked for a Greek taxidermist in the town . |
| 22 | In January this year , three long service presentations were made at Douglas Reyburn to those who had worked for a continuous twenty five years with the company . |
| 23 | On this occasion the Duke of Bedford , who had paid for a statue of Bunyan to be erected in the town , recollected how Pilgrim 's Progress had been the first book given to him as a child . |
| 24 | Hundreds of trippers who had paid for a front-row seat in a grandstand overlooking the departing flotilla left in anger when they were told the scaffolding viewpoint was potentially unsafe and would not be used . |
| 25 | To all who had looked for a " new world after the war " the 1930s proved particularly depressing . |
| 26 | I started skating with a couple of guys called Sam and Luke who had skated for a while in London . |
| 27 | The only souls who escaped her torments were those who were pure in thought or who had died for a noble cause . |
| 28 | During these years before the war , each summer , the village would be invaded by Londoners , who had come for a holiday in the country . |
| 29 | Tempers exploded at breakfast time after Rosemary and Carssier who had feuded for a month accidentally bumped into each other between two beds and their slanging match to violence when Rosemary shouted what you need is a man ! |
| 30 | The seat had been held since the 1990 general election by Miklós Németh , Hungary 's last Prime Minister under the transitional communist regime in 1988-90 , who had left for a new career as vice-president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |