Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | O'Connor and Brown ( 1984 ) suggested that one explanation may be that Henderson did not differentiate between the actual support provided in terms of confiding and frequency of contact and the attachment felt for the person named . |
| 2 | But when they cast off Penry seemed reassuringly unconcerned , and sang under his breath as the Angharad headed for the turbulent stretch of sea separating Gullholm from the coast . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , and there is one other thing , ’ the Patrician said , as the wizard groped for the door handles . |
| 4 | The tide turned for the French when , under the inspired leadership of Joan of Arc , Charles was taken to Reims to be crowned king in the cathedral in 1429 . |
| 5 | It is not at all clear when the money stented for the repair of the bridges and the enclosing of the churchyards was paid and the work completed . |
| 6 | Worried managers made the decision after the computer crashed for the second time in 10 days . |
| 7 | Quite what the taxpayer got for the extra money is not readily apparent . |
| 8 | A tense 40 minutes followed as the gang waited for the arrival of a security van , loaded with double Christmas wages for local firms in Blackley , Manchester . |
| 9 | The Admiral reached for the pipe that lay on the table beside him , took out a tobacco pouch , filled the pipe carefully , lit it , sucked in the smoke and blew it out luxuriously . |
| 10 | The Russian spoke for the first time . |
| 11 | Much more important was to contemplate how Africanist personae , narrative , and idiom moved and enriched the text in self-conscious ways , to consider what the engagement meant for the work of the writer 's imagination . |
| 12 | The figure budgeted for the whole year had been 40,000 million roubles . |
| 13 | The figure leapt for the top of the wall and was almost over when Martin jumped , grabbed its leg and pulled down as hard as he could . |
| 14 | And the car — the car headed for the Monument , ’ explained Jack as his mother came slowly over . |
| 15 | Some of the fans remember it , their memory jogged by the 3p programme which the club reproduced for the last round against Bromsgrove . |
| 16 | Some of the fans remember it , their memory jogged by the 3p programme which the club reproduced for the last round against Bromsgrove . |
| 17 | And whats more the club payed for the flags to be fireproofed when they realised what a potential fire hazard they were . |
| 18 | The sum of£3 8s 6d was raised in this way , and the practice continued for the next eighty years . |
| 19 | As the search started for the cause of the tragedy , the Prime Minister offered his sympathy to the families but stressed there was no evidence that precautions were ignored . |
| 20 | The IM reached for the telephone that linked him by direct line to Bacton . |
| 21 | ( When the mill closed for the summer break , the town would also close for the summer break ) . |
| 22 | The panic receded for the time being . |
| 23 | The Legal Services Committee continued in 1992 where it left off in 1991 and in January 1992 representatives of the committee appeared for the third time before the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct . |
| 24 | The question asked for the total wage bill and went on : |
| 25 | It is my understanding from the reply there 's a fairly clear statement there that that was done erm I indeed have a copy of the principal briefing paper which the Director prepared for the panel , Chairman it outlined the background to the structure plan review , it referred to the previously approved structure plans , copies of which were appended to the briefing paper . |
| 26 | The fact that the P.M. asked for the processes of selection of his successor to be undertaken in the middle of a party conference was bound to create consternation , confusion and intrigue , and indeed it did . |
| 27 | As strange as it sounds , the great popularity of Hitler already before the war had for the most part little to do with fanatical belief in the central tenets of the Hitlerian racial-imperialist ‘ world-view ’ , and even less to do with belief in the Party , whose leader he was . |
| 28 | The general apologized for the dearth of corned beef sandwiches , but was able to produce a mutton broth , lamb , potatoes and cabbage and a bottle of Hock to go with it . |
| 29 | The plaintiff asked for the whole of the profits on the brassieres but the defendant said that the account of profits should only be based on the profit resulting from the wrongful use of the confidential information ; that is , the profit relating to the parts of the brassieres incorporating the confidential information . |
| 30 | The plaintiff argued for the Woolwich principle and referred to both Hooper v. Exeter Corporation and Steele v. Williams but no reference to these cases appears in the reserved judgment . |