Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [noun] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I got plans for this money . |
| 2 | I studied mathematics for some years at school and I have not totally forgotten all of them . |
| 3 | I raised £7.41 for comic relief by eating jelly with chopsticks . |
| 4 | I selected Scats for this purpose as their dietary and water requirements matched those of the green chromides . |
| 5 | She goes I knew Laurie for three weeks and then after that he moved in with me , in n it , like ? |
| 6 | I knew Moore for many years and can testify that he was a master of lifelike representation . |
| 7 | I grew Triticale for three years with moderate success . |
| 8 | I did hairdressing for five years and then I had a job as a manicurist at Claridges . |
| 9 | Three days later the UN Security Council approved a resolution , without a vote , which recommended membership for both states . |
| 10 | France ratified Protocol No 1 of the treaty , which made provision for nuclear powers outside the region which had territories under their jurisdiction within it , in this case French Guiana . |
| 11 | The history of astronomy also disclosed a succession of hypotheses , which made claims for physical truth look precarious . |
| 12 | The language of peace implied groups , and memories of the peace embodied in marriages which created kinship for successive generations were more enduring than memories of quarrels . |
| 13 | The case highlights the extent to which it was possible for the religious intellectuals to misjudge exactly where the consensus lay , as well as the extent to which an evolving historical situation which created areas for new decision-making provided the field for a new power contest . |
| 14 | Mother and children spent 1/2d a week on lunches and all shared the Sunday joint , which provided suppers for two days in the week following . |
| 15 | Though the election was carried out by the usual X-vote system which provided scope for tactical voting and complaints about vote splitting , it was generally accepted as a crushing defeat for Sunningdale . |
| 16 | The same would be true of a general exclusion clause which excluded liability for economic loss , where , again , one would have to consider the issues as to reasonableness discussed above . |
| 17 | The organisation of the Latin office of the Church at the Canonical Hours evolved from a complex tradition of teaching which found justification for these hours of prayer in both Old and New Testaments of the Bible ; and a general pattern emerged in which they were connected with the Passion narrative . |
| 18 | Hitler himself provided encouragement for such opinion when , in his major speech in the Berlin Sportpalast on 3 October 1941 , he not only defended the invasion of the Soviet Union as a preventive war , pre-empting in the nick of time a planned Bolshevik assault on the Reich , but also gave the impression that the back of the Soviet fighting capability had already been broken . |
| 19 | These powers were invoked in 1988 for the purpose of direct political censorship when the BBC and the IBA were ordered not to transmit any interviews with representatives of Sinn Fein , the Ulster Defence Association , the IRA or certain other extremist groups , or to broadcast any statement which incited support for such groups . |
| 20 | Although one of golf 's Great Triumvirate , along with Harry Vardon and J. H. Taylor — which dominated golf for 20 years up to the outbreak of the First World War — James Braid had an outstanding parallel career in golf architecture , although without any professional training . |
| 21 | The parts of the fashion feast that seemed most relevant were those that were concerned with the here and now : such as Susanne Bartsch 's Love Ball , which raised $750,000 for French Aids charities . |
| 22 | In response the guerrillas appointed Timoleón Gómez of the FARC and Nicolás Rodríguez of the ELN as chief negotiators , and submitted a 12-point political proposal to Congress , which included proposals for stimulating industry and agriculture without the " shock treatment " prescribed by the IMF and international banks . |
| 23 | Anglo 's problems have been exacerbated by the mild weather over the past few years which hit demand for solid fuel just as the recession clobbered other parts of the business . |
| 24 | In other moves to improve the government 's human rights record , Babangida instructed the Federal Investigation and Intelligence Bureau to compile a list of people held under Decree 2 of 1984 , which permitted detention for six months without trial , and to speed up prosecution of those against whom evidence existed . |
| 25 | This section included details on the following areas of co-operation : ( i ) agriculture and food security , which stressed the regional dimension of food-security policies and the key role of women in rural development ; ( ii ) development of services , which stressed support for foreign trade , the business sector and regional integration , and also included provisions on tourism , communications and information technology ; ( iii ) industrial development , which stressed the need for stimulating private enterprise ; ( iv ) cultural and social co-operation , which stressed the need to achieve a better balance between population and resources in accordance with people 's choices , and included provisions on nutrition , birth control , health , and the promotion of cultural identities and intercultural dialogue ; and ( v ) regional co-operation , which stressed the need for greater economic integration at regional level . |
| 26 | Bethnal Green was run by an ‘ open ’ ( i.e. elected ) vestry , which offered opportunities for political manipulation . |
| 27 | The Mantela , which had berths for six passengers in moderately comfortable cabins , boasted no luxuries like private bathrooms or toilets . |
| 28 | They were a discredit to a country in which trade was , moreover , still encumbered by the Navigation Acts which ensured preference for British shipping . |
| 29 | The description of the battle is a stirring account of one of the most important in the history of Europe , one which ensured peace for 50 years . |
| 30 | This was the traditional view which held sway for many years . |