Example sentences of "which [vb past] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first two decades of its existence it was one of many organisations which argued insistently for the creation of National Parks . |
| 2 | Nigel bought a pulley , and the offending object was banished — hoisted skywards , where it hung immobile except when lowered , which became mainly for the amusement of visiting children who nevertheless were informed that any bad behaviour would be punished by hauling them up twenty-five feet into space and leaving them . |
| 3 | I would always try and choose pieces which I thought had a bit of atmosphere and mood , a passion which made up for the lack of presentation ! ’ |
| 4 | Still , she liked one or two of the collective , Xanthe had put some money in ( actually five hundred pounds , a fair whack ) when Miranda had asked her to , so she felt bound to give the paper some support in kind , and the office was fun — she liked pitching in with headings , sidebars , suggested stories , and pasting up till the small hours , with the help of ciggies and carafe wine ; the sex gossip was the best in town , which made up for the coffee ( though they could afford dope , they could n't rise to real coffee , and had at one time even resorted to the bitter brown syrup Camp , with the turbaned lascar on the label ) . |
| 5 | Unions were viewed as monopolistic combinations of labour which catered mainly for the interests of those of their members who were in employment at the expense of the unemployed . |
| 6 | The school was an amiable establishment in Somerset which existed largely for the daughters of service and diplomatic families , whose fees were subsidised by the services to ensure that the scions of the officer class need not be tainted by cheek-by-jowl association with the children of other ranks . |
| 7 | Hunter 's approach inaugurated a wide-ranging debate about ‘ community power structures ’ between elite theorists and pluralists which rumbled on for the next two decades . |
| 8 | You 're talking about some forms of abuse which went on for a very very long time indeed to pull the average up like that . |
| 9 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 10 | Despite the reservations about the scheme of the BMA , which spoke mainly for the consultant élite of the profession , less prosperous GPS flocked to join the ‘ panels ’ . |
| 11 | He and Mackay put on 97 in 72 minutes , extending Australia 's total to 348 , which proved enough for a seven wicket victory after West Indies failed to avoid the follow-on . |
| 12 | This was held in place by a groove in the bottom of the door jamb which projected slightly for the purpose . |
| 13 | a body with branches in various parts of Britain which agitated strongly for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Act of 1778 . |
| 14 | It was normal practice for Rome to establish buffer states on her frontiers in the form of client kingdoms , an arrangement which held only for the lifetime of the chosen ruler . |