Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | It was on this trip that a remarkable partnership came together for the first time . |
| 3 | Hard , they say , to be too overawed by a character like Cage , whose music includes Roaratorios and a piece composed solely for the white keys on the piano . |
| 4 | With the slope in their favour and the wind at their backs , Hammer pressed hard for an early goal to unsettle the favourites . |
| 5 | Bryn 's mouth worked silently for a few seconds . |
| 6 | Its mouth curled upwards for the first time . |
| 7 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 8 | By the end of the year he was predicting , in research carried out for the Scottish National Party , that unemployment would have a worse impact in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK , reflecting the poorer social conditions prevalent there . |
| 9 | As he will be aware , in June the United States Government had a sum of , I think , $21 million which had been earmarked for military aid set aside for the very purposes that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 10 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 11 | In October , Zanussi will be launching the Amie , a washing machine designed particularly for the elderly , disabled and visually impaired . |
| 12 | This meant that the married women left at home came in for a large share of the work about the croft . |
| 13 | Some thirty graduates of the degree came together for an excellent meal in University House , followed by an informal update from one of the joint organisers of the reunion , Keith Moffitt , on the whereabouts of those who had been unable to attend . |
| 14 | The sun came up for a half an hour , but it was too cold : -46° Centigrade . |
| 15 | Tory turned back for a last look at the rejected blooms as the ponies moved off . |
| 16 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 17 | All the general SVQ tutors , and the SVQ co-ordinator went away for a three-day residential to develop the programme . |
| 18 | The backhand slash completing the figure-of-eight sped unerringly for the doomed man 's neck , and an instant later his severed head somersaulted high in the air , to bounce and roll to a stop on the mat several feet away . |
| 19 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 20 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
| 21 | This is the storage site planned presently for the proposed freight and coal wagons of the original GC ‘ Windcutters ’ of the 1960's . |
| 22 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 23 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 24 | When the programme 's ratings dipped immediately after the November revamp , Focus came in for the heaviest criticism . |
| 25 | The closeness of the Anglo-American special relationship during the Second World War boded well for a continuing post-war partnership , in which Britain would be able to influence US policy in a mutually beneficial way ; and latent Soviet hostility , which became apparent in London sooner than in Washington , was lessened by the assumed technological backwardness of Russia , and by the devastation she had suffered at the hands of the Germans . |
| 26 | Dorothy and her husband worked tirelessly for the various mission projects . |
| 27 | The sing-song lumbered along for a little while but it appears that the ‘ Ball of Kirriemuir ’ has been removed from the Examination Syllabus . |
| 28 | From about 1750 , population increased yearly for the next 226 years ( figure 2.1 ) . |
| 29 | The eruption of Krakatoa has some parallels in these respects , for after an impressive opening , the eruption dragged on for a full three months before reaching its climax on 26 and 27 August . |
| 30 | The Queen , the unit 's colonel-in-chief , stood watching a final march past by as the corps band struck up for the last time . |