Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 2 | The administration had instead settled for a policy of " holding the line " , which basically meant the continuation of containment . |
| 3 | Gorbachev had apparently asked for the military to support him as Commander-in-Chief . |
| 4 | During the early part of 1990 , the Kuwaiti opposition had openly campaigned for the restoration of the National Assembly . |
| 5 | Kathleen had always rushed for the post , even in the days when their father had laughed at her eagerness and stood above her as she scooped up the white and brown envelopes . |
| 6 | There is no question but that VSEL strived genuinely to compete for the order , and put in an effective bid . |
| 7 | Neither services nor any other sector increased sufficiently to compensate for the loss of jobs in manufacturing . |
| 8 | It was this book that Rincewind had once opened for a bet . |
| 9 | As Minister of Defence between 1955 and 1957 , Zhukov had vigorously pressed for a less onerous regime of Party supervision and for greater General Staff autonomy in military — technical matters . |
| 10 | The long birdie putt Beck had earlier holed for an eagle three at the 13th had been a turning point , but for Norman , who does not normally play the week before the Masters , this must have also given him encouragement . |
| 11 | The outcome of the local government election showed little change for the main parties , and SDLP MP Eddie McGrady said the Secretary of State would see the results revealed nothing that he did not already know . |
| 12 | The author seemed somewhat stumped for a reply to such an unusual question and stared into the camera , as if in search of inspiration . |
| 13 | For his part , Lancaster had evidently hoped for the support of the king , but Edward firmly refused to have anything to do with his protest . |
| 14 | On the other hand , the middle classes would have been shocked and appalled if the workers had actually asked for the sort of life they themselves took for granted , and even more if they had looked like achieving it . |
| 15 | But by the time of the Hinkley C Inquiry , the CEGB had firmly opted for the Pressurized Water Reactor . |
| 16 | Before the election many UN officials had privately hoped for a close result . |
| 17 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
| 18 | In 1901 he was appointed conductor of the Toynbee Musical Association , a mixed-voice choir attached to a men 's social club , and in 1906 he founded the Glasgow Orpheus Choir , with which his name became indelibly linked for the rest of his life . |
| 19 | It seemed to him that Vincent came home spoiling for a fight . |
| 20 | If it did n't , I thought re-reading had better keep for a rainy day . |
| 21 | The PDS had meanwhile argued for the importance of blocking the Mafia 's international business dealings and networks for the recycling of profits from commerce in drugs . |
| 22 | At the new master 's decree , today was to be a day of merrymaking : workers from his nearby shoe factory had been specially brought in by charabanc , and a syndicate of local industrialists had also gathered for the festivities . |
| 23 | In Kenya , though there was relatively little pressure for further alienation of Masai land after the second Masai move , what pressure there was was resisted by the administration , and R.W. Hemsted tried repeatedly to retrieve for the Masai the land alienated to Powys Cobb , which contained streams of crucial importance to Masai stock . |
| 24 | Reagan had also hoped for a ‘ clean ’ bill , one that was not adorned with ‘ ornaments ’ — in other words , concessions made to facilitate passage . |
| 25 | My predecessor Patrick Jenkin had sensibly asked for an examination of the different ways that European countries financed their health care . |
| 26 | This had some claim to be the hotbed of British fascism in the 1920s owing to the fact that Leese and a colleague had successfully stood for the local council on a British fascist policy in 1924 . |
| 27 | Clevedon Veals skipper Ray Bazeley had only planned for a small squad outing after their first choice match on the Nene at Peterborough was cancelled . |
| 28 | Groups were created by political or material need , and once created , granted each other quasi-familial status ( complete , for literate societies , with swiftly constructed genealogies ; thus , the descendants of the prophet in Islam have down the ages offered much work for the imagination and ingenuity of the genealogical archivists ) . |
| 29 | The day drew on , and Tagan scouted ahead to look for a possible camping site . |
| 30 | Yes , Jewish doctors did indeed care for the Arab villagers then , although Mrs Zamzam had mispronounced the names . |