Example sentences of "for [pron] [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing against Celtic , however , is generally supposed to be difficult for someone who formerly captained the club and could not say that his regard for them ended on the day he was transferred . |
| 2 | Any fears , however , that Havel 's talent might be going off were for me resolved by the broadcast version of Redevelopment , given a dramatised reading by the RSC in February under the title Slum Clearance . |
| 3 | The letter she had left for me remained in the possession of the police as evidence . |
| 4 | Billie was fast asleep ; it had been a long and boring trip for someone crammed in the back . |
| 5 | The humid heat of the New Guinea forest had probably proven too much for someone used to the dank climate of south Wales , they reassured Joan . |
| 6 | Another , more startling , departure was the introduction of regular team talks , the idea for which came on a train travelling back from an away match . |
| 7 | If you regularly visit shops in your neighbourhood where dogs are prohibited , it is a good idea to accustom your pet to waiting for you tied to a dog park . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd be looking for something shaped like a truncheon or a torch , ’ said Pike . |
| 9 | ‘ This one cost only 25,000 dollars , which is incredible for something sired by a champion sprinter . ’ |
| 10 | Investors should pick a fund with a good track record over ten years or more and to receive income gross look for one managed from an overseas centre such as Dublin or Luxembourg . |
| 11 | Yet Truman for one commented on the utility of the common language . |
| 12 | It could be monotonous work for an aspiring and impatient young painter and Thomas Girtin ( 1775–1802 ) for one rebelled against the repetitive work , with the result that his master Edward Dayes had him put in prison for breaking the terms of his indentures . |
| 13 | And that was how her love for him felt at the moment — as cheap and useless as a dollar . |
| 14 | All the speculation about whether he can still motivate his players , and whether they would still play for him disappeared in a flurry of sharp-toothed tackles and gutsy running . |
| 15 | When Albert missed the child most urgently , the refusal of money for him seemed like a moral tactic to take him away forever . |
| 16 | The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references . |
| 17 | Now , despite having made his Congress pass an amnesty for everybody implicated in the UN report , he faces near-rebellion inside the armed forces and the ruling party too . |
| 18 | To prove that his feelings for her had in no way changed , Harry kissed her as she wanted , his tongue probing her mouth , which was raised so invitingly to his . |
| 19 | But strong support for her persisted in the party outside Parliament . |
| 20 | An accompanying watercolour and pencil study for it sold to an order bidder for $6,000 ( £3,300 ) ( est. $4–6,000 ) . |
| 21 | Few communities adopted it in toto , but it provided a useful source of material , even if those responsible for it fell into the common trap of producing texts which were not necessarily Appropriate for musical setting . |
| 22 | In addition to the defences above , it is a defence for anyone charged under the Consumer Protection Act to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence , section 39 . |
| 23 | To say that it is peaceful is an understatement ; it is so quiet as to be almost unsettling for anyone used to the never-ending noise of the city . |
| 24 | Endill did not move for what seemed like a long time . |
| 25 | When I arrived at the Demob Centre , I sat around in a bare hall for what seemed like a couple of hours , with two or three hundred other Waafs , and we stared at each other without interest . |
| 26 | It was natural , but unreasonable , to feel guilt for what seemed like a failure in duty , rather than feel thankful for the years of unremitting and unselfish care that they had been able to give . |
| 27 | I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes . |
| 28 | without rain for what seemed like a month . |
| 29 | The band came for what seemed like a Royal visit to the EMI CD plant at Swindon , to see their song become the 100 000 000th disc to be produced there . |
| 30 | He did , for what seemed like the next million hours . |