Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew I could beat Robin Reid , who qualified for the Olympics , and I just hope that winning the title will show the selectors they have made a big mistake . ’ |
| 2 | The Indians , who qualified for the finals after a last-gasp win over West Indies in the final qualifying match , were never on course to match Australia 's 233 for 5 , the feature of which was an innings of 73 from Dean Jones , recalled after surprisingly being omitted from the previous match . |
| 3 | Portillo , in whom Nigel Lawson saw ‘ something quite out of the ordinary ’ , is the son of a Spanish law professor who fought for the republicans in the Spanish civil war and a left of centre Scottish school teacher . |
| 4 | Pitt , who played for the Valleys club in Australia , will make his Fulham debut at Whitehaven tomorrow . |
| 5 | Aghredien , who played for SARU and is classified as coloured ( his father was Malayan and his mother Norwegian ) , has been working hand in hand with Bill Cunningham — a back-row forward , who played for the Springboks on their 1959 internal tour — to develop rugby in townships around Port Elizabeth for nearly two decades . |
| 6 | ‘ Lots of Brits who spied for the Soviets died peacefully in their beds . ’ |
| 7 | According to David Mason of the London art dealers MacConnal Mason , who acted for the musicals composer Andrew Lloyd Webber in the recent purchase of Canaletto 's ‘ Old Horse Guards , London ’ at Christie 's , the picture is the first work of art to be bought by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Art Foundation . |
| 8 | For 1992 the dividend has been increased from three kroner to five ( 50p ) to sweeten shareholders , including many in Scotland who subscribed for the rights issue last year at 175 kroner . |
| 9 | Yet the fact that up to 40 per cent felt under no compulsion to oblige the local magnates with their votes is revealing , and makes us wonder whether those who polled for the Whigs really did so out of deference or as a result of political conviction . |
| 10 | Because of the amount involved , Mike alerted Barbara who called for the cards to be queried . |
| 11 | The Kurds who worked for the Turks killed her husband and children . |
| 12 | The evil paedophile , who worked for the prisons charity NIACRO , preyed on youngsters using his position of trust with the St. Lazarus ' ambulance corps . |
| 13 | Levi was a tax-collector who worked for the Romans . |
| 14 | The captain had survived some hot stuff from Akram , who went for the ribs , only to fall to Aqib , who used the slope well . |
| 15 | Similarly Dr Jim O'Neill , a heart specialist who spoke for the objectors , said that there was no doubt that the factory would have an effect on the health of a small number of workers and local residents . |
| 16 | In his careful , helpful , written and oral submissions Mr. Baragwanath , who appeared for the respondents before the Board , accepted that special leave to appeal would as a general rule be granted by the Board in the exercise of its discretion to a petitioner who had been erroneously refused leave to appeal as of right save in exceptional circumstances , for example , where the judgment of the courts below and the record available led the Board to conclude that the petitioner 's chances of success or the amount involved did not justify the imposition on the respondents of the delay and expense which an appeal necessarily entails . |
| 17 | It means that the 55-60 per cent of the electorate who voted against the Conservatives will get what they voted for , instead of the 40-45 per cent who voted for the Tories , putting them in power for five more unfettered years . |
| 18 | Following their defeat at the Wiltshire election of 1713 , the Whig candidates petitioned the House of Commons , complaining that the under-sheriff , in collusion with the two Tory candidates , had delayed opening the poll until the afternoon , " when many freeholders , who would have voted for the petitioners , were necessitated , by reason of the harvest , to go away without voting " , and also that he had " refused those who voted for the petitioners , and had a right ; and polled others amongst them , who had no right " . |
| 19 | But many of the Andalucian farm workers who voted for the Socialists in 1982 and 1986 are turning to Mr Pacheco 's party to voice their discontent . |