Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun prp] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And though Paine designed a London house for Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh , there is nothing else to connect him with Uppark , which he mentions nowhere in his thoroughly documented account of his own works . |
2 | This Soviet specialist , whose views remain unofficial , proposed a Non-Alignment Pact for Afghanistan , ‘ which would both guarantee the West against our continued presence there and guarantee us against a Western presence ’ . |
3 | Cohen ( 1972 ) presented the Posner task to the left or right visual field and found a RVF superiority for NI matches and a LVF superiority for PI matches , as did Geffen , Bradshaw and Nettleton ( 1972 ) . |
4 | In 1947 Edward Appleton received a Nobel Prize for work on electro-magnetic waves in the upper atmosphere . |
5 | Mr Janes ' aviation interest stem from 1987 when he established a Blackpool-Belfast service for Lynx . |
6 | Mark Irwin converted a McCullough cross for goal No 8 on the hour and , within 60 seconds , Neil Cooke , with a penalty corner conversion , completed the scoring and his hat-trick . |
7 | Lloyds Bank cashed a Gieves cheque for £27,000 , the crew were paid and a crisis averted . |
8 | On another occasion Pauline Jordan cashed a Giro cheque for £330 after stealing it from her mother 's house , the court heard . |
9 | Cumbria branch celebrated World Day of Architecture and held a LEGO competition for children . |