Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] for [det] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 2 | She has argued for more competition in state lottery tenders . |
| 3 | Geoff Tulloch got hold of the idea that she 'd worked for some corporation in Detroit for a year . |
| 4 | I left her , and went to search for more information in a different place . |
| 5 | Elisha was the man that God had equipped for that time in history , in that land , and for the specific needs of individual people around him . |
| 6 | I had gone for that X-ray in a state of anxious calm . |
| 7 | The Hospital quickly became unable to cater for all the victims of ill health , disaster and old age , and eligibility became restricted to merchant seamen only if they had served for some period in the Royal Navy . |
| 8 | For instance , If the Buyer shall fail to pay for any delivery in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Seller shall be entitled to withhold future deliveries until such payment is made can be replaced by If the Buyer fails to pay for any delivery in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Seller may withhold further deliveries until such payment is made . |
| 9 | One of the men Stephen had taken for another policeman in plain clothes came closer , looked at the girl 's open blue eyes . |
| 10 | Plans for the extension of the war in Vietnam had existed for some time in the Pentagon . |
| 11 | Because there was no sign that Marian and Allen had regained the highway ahead of them the verderers agreed that there were three possibilities : the first , that the children would lie hidden for some time in dense woodland until it was safe for them to return to the ride ; the second , that they would try to work their way around the Swamp to the north but that since they would be away from paths this would be difficult and slow ; and the third , that they might try to reach the outlaws ' camp by passing the Swamp to the south . |
| 12 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
| 13 | 9.15.2 any notice or document shall also be sufficiently served on a party if served on solicitors who have acted for that party in relation to this Lease or the Premises at any time within the year preceding the service of the notice or document |
| 14 | I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance . |
| 15 | One practice we have followed for some time in mid-week housegroups is to follow up and apply further what has been taught on Sunday . |
| 16 | But no , she 's gone for this promotion in work and er even though she does n't think she 's much chance of getting it because there 's two permanent lads there that really you know would be next in line rather than her sort of thing but she 's you know , she feels she 's done her bit and that , you know , it 's worth going for and like I said to her you might as well ! |
| 17 | Small producers appear to see inferior bargaining strength as the price they have to pay for some continuity in orders . |
| 18 | For instance , If the Buyer shall fail to pay for any delivery in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Seller shall be entitled to withhold future deliveries until such payment is made can be replaced by If the Buyer fails to pay for any delivery in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Seller may withhold further deliveries until such payment is made . |
| 19 | It might be even better to write the clause as : If the Buyer fails to pay for any delivery in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Seller may withhold further deliveries until the Buyer pays for the deliveries already made . |
| 20 | But he was ordered to return for more question-ing in November as a ‘ lengthy investigation ’ was launched . |
| 21 | Modest chain-link fences have existed for some time in the border cities of El Paso and Brownsville , Texas . |