Example sentences of "[adv] for [art] king [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Aye , there are pearls in these waters — enough for a king 's ransom . |
| 2 | Every day , he passed between the cliff-top fort and the captured castle at its foot , clearing the way not just for the King 's casual occupation , but to repair the defences of Kyrenia against the corsair , or Carlotta , or the Turk . |
| 3 | Yet though irregular both in incidence and attendance , assemblies provided a golden opportunity for the dissemination of royal propaganda , to insist on the notion of ‘ public ’ war ( see p. 288 ) , and to depict royal campaigns as undertaken ‘ for the defence of the realm , ’ rather than simply for the king 's self-interest . |
| 4 | If the sitting incumbent — or his bishop — was obstructive , a writ of quare impedit would assign the matter to a local jury to decide whether the living was void or not ; there is convincing evidence to show that such juries were often packed and demonstrably found falsely for the king 's clerk . |
| 5 | In 1255 the warden was commanded to pay the smith 25 marks a year out of the revenues of his bailiwick for 25,000 quarrels , which he was to keep safely for the king 's use . |