Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I designed and made the drawings for some jigs and we made them I 'd two or three men with me and they made these jigs and them underneath the sets . |
| 2 | More precisely , their nominal faith in God was supported and accredited by a closed system of mutual human honouring which made the need for any honour from God superfluous . |
| 3 | The refugees , who had been staying in camps in Croatia , were accompanied by Jean Kahn , president of the European Jewish Congress , which made the appeal for more action from European countries and Israel to provide a refuge for Bosnians . |
| 4 | The late Mrs Wallace , who purchased The Spinnery in 1958 and owned the property for many years , gave many interesting details of the old house and later wrote an article for Cumbria . |
| 5 | The case which paved the way for this approach was Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co . |
| 6 | The political and social infrastructure for the perpetration of overtly racist acts goes back hundreds of years of course ; but events immediately preceding the sixties laid the foundations for those excesses by the way ‘ race ’ became politicised . |
| 7 | One of my officials chairs the experts committee that laid the groundwork for this achievement . |
| 8 | ‘ It may be best for us ’ , McFarlane reported back at the time , ‘ to try to picture what it would be like if after nuclear attack , a surviving Tartar became Vice-President ; a recent grad student became Secretary of State ; and a bookie became the interlocutor for all discourse with foreign countries . ’ |
| 9 | When Narcissus died , the flowers of the field asked the river for some drops of water to weep for him . |
| 10 | He asked the doctor for some medicine , then as Whitman turned to fetch it , felled him with a tomahawk . |
| 11 | Someone asked the reason for such haste . |
| 12 | Peter Upton , head of the Colne School , Brightlingsea , and an expert on bullying , warned the trend would continue unless the Government stopped blaming schools and realized the need for more resources and an integrated approach to the problem . |
| 13 | Logic argued the case for this theory , but instinct rejected it . |
| 14 | He winced slightly as she gently probed the area for any sign of infection . |
| 15 | The club raised over £100.00 for the Orsett Hospital Fund and provided the opportunity for many visitors to the fair to try their hands at using a metal detector for the first time . |
| 16 | If Fen entered the galley for any reason , the curtain was not sufficient barrier to muffle the sound of sobbing . |
| 17 | David Cunningham was ensign of the garrison company of Stirling Castle , and was son-in-law of Callander of Craigforth , an influential laird , and brother of another freeholder , but Montrose 's arranged reduction of the salary of the collector appears to have reconciled Mr. Cunningham to his military duties , and MacFarlane of Kirkton retained the post for another year . |
| 18 | Sam despatched all the men he could spare and paced the floor for several hours , the bells jangling around him . |
| 19 | Mildred Blandy , mother of the present owner , lovingly supervised the gardens for many years and introduced many plants , many of them ( such as Proteas ) from South Africa . |
| 20 | The spate of films set during the Vietnam War which reached the screen during the late 1980s highlighted the reluctance with which Hollywood approached the subject for many years . |
| 21 | Nearly half the students in our sample used the library for this purpose , and it was the main aim of the students who thronged the libraries at break times . |
| 22 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 23 | The trial of Bradlaugh and Annie Besant in 1876 for republishing one of Knowlton 's pamphlets gave the birth-control movement wide publicity and created the demand for more information , and led to the setting up of the first organisation to campaign on birth control , the Malthusian League . |
| 24 | Right , let's get something straight — the reason Zeppelin changed the title for this budget rerelease is because the TV show from which it was licensed was changed . |
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| 26 | But though New Cross is n't so good they had to name it twice , it 's still a place worth a song of its own , having once lent its name to New Cross Records , a Charly offshoot that provided a home for some Dillinger and Bob Marley releases . |
| 27 | Mortensen ( 1933b ) erected a sub-genus for those species of Ophioscolex with well formed dorsal arm plates and well developed hooks on the arms . |
| 28 | Leading on from that , we fixed a meeting for this year aimed at getting to know each other better and looking at how to prepare together the ecumenical service . |
| 29 | No one had ever seen a bride or groom walk to their wedding ; even the very poor found a car for that day and in the old days they had gone by trap or sidecar . |
| 30 | Or have you of a sudden found a cure for this wasting disease ? ’ |