Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [was/were] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | General Galtieri was also pardoned for misconduct of the Falklands war , along with his fellow junta members , Admiral Jorge Anaya and the air force chief , Brigadier Basilio Lami Dozo . |
| 2 | Following Bezani 's early exit , Apsee 's team-mate Jeff Jenkins was also dismissed for a late challenge on Ponty 's Nick Jones . |
| 3 | Miss Kenton was still waiting for me in the hallway and we ascended through the house in silence . |
| 4 | When the Direktor arrived back at his villa Madge Grimsilk was already waiting for him . |
| 5 | Before today farmer Richard Cheshire was best known for his prize-winning sheep . |
| 6 | As a leading Nonconformist , Richard Baxter was especially targeted for their persecutions . |
| 7 | Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life . |
| 8 | DARLINGTON Harrier Ruth Williams was just pipped for a hat-trick of victories in the Mandale Harriers Cyril Elliott Memorial meeting at Middlesbrough on Saturday . |
| 9 | Marius Steen was often criticized for his healthy disrespect for ‘ Art ’ and there are many stories of this supposed philistinism which he loved to tell against himself ( On first hearing of Michelangelo , he is reputed to have asked ‘ Michael who ? ’ |
| 10 | NIGEL BENN was yesterday attacked for ‘ unprofessionalism ’ and threatened with a heavy fine by promoter Barry Hearn . |
| 11 | Christopher Columbus was actually looking for a quicker route to the heart of Indonesia when he stumbled on America . |
| 12 | In the five-page judgement , workshop manager William Brady was harshly criticised for his ‘ biased ’ approach . |
| 13 | Sir Geraint was best known for his portrayal of Falstaff . |
| 14 | Mr Kundera was strongly attacked for his view , and Mr Duroselle appears to be avoiding the issue . |
| 15 | That October , when the M's cattle were brought in , it meant that Mrs M had to spend up to five hours a day working with them as Mr M was away teaching for much of the time . |
| 16 | Lt Ferris was now fighting for his life in an aircraft totally out of control and descending fast . |
| 17 | Now , it was logically possible that the cue used by the recruits following a dancer was something other than the angle of the dance — and for a while von Frisch was sharply criticised for precisely this reason . |
| 18 | Look at what happened with Jim Harvey he did a lot for the club and Ian Muir was severely punished for an incident aimed at John King . |
| 19 | But by the end of May 1797 , with the countryside bursting suddenly into beauty after the coldest spring Dorothy could remember , they knew that their unorthodox tenancy was not likely to continue : John Pretor Pinney was already looking for rent-paying tenants . |
| 20 | Plans drawn up by Mr. Gilbert Bullimore were soon unveiled for a new Science Block , to be built by the side of the tennis courts . |
| 21 | The United States was still pressing for close cooperation , while the West German Chancellor , Konrad Adenauer , had on several occasions already suggested some kind of Franco-German cooperation . |
| 22 | Professor Emery was later retained for the defence , and permitted to conduct a more sophisticated analysis of the laboratory slides which revealed heart and lung defects . |
| 23 | Once it evaporated and Darren Wassle was eventually dismissed for a crime which bore no resemblance to the magnitude of the sentence , well Palace must have fancied their chances . |
| 24 | A strange code of double standards emerged where artists such as Sinéad O'Connor were universally slated for putting one foot out of line , and yet the Mondays were somehow immune from serious criticism . |
| 25 | JEALOUS Jason Osborne was yesterday jailed for life for bludgeoning his brother to death . |
| 26 | Colm Holmes was highly commended for his presentation of the quiz and he has been invited to chair a six week Christmas quiz at this venue in November/December . |
| 27 | They do n't know that Billy Tuckett was actually making for Sunil 's house . |
| 28 | The slow movement from Rodrigo 's Concerto de Aranjuez was skilfully adapted for three guitars and was well suited to the resonant bass instrument of Mr. MacDonald . |
| 29 | BRITON Peter Heather was today jailed for 40 years in Bangkok for heroin smuggling . |
| 30 | The main fault I can find with the vehicle is the cab noise at speeds over 40 mph , ( it will only do 60mph ) I know the Land Rover was never meant for motorways but we plan on taking it on our holiday , is it normal for gearboxes to sound like they are going to fly out of the window or do I have a fault ? |