Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie 's heart lurched for many reasons . |
| 2 | Dean 's body lay for four months in a lane 12 miles from the family home in Elmesthorpe , Leicestershire . |
| 3 | King Cheops 's ship lay for 4600 years in a dry rock chamber kept it a stable temperature and humidity by massive limestone blocks above it . |
| 4 | They 'll go to any lengths to reinstate a dictatorship that will protect them , just as my father 's regime did for forty-five years . |
| 5 | Certain branches of the Ulster Workers ' Council wished for more time to prepare their particular factory or section of industry . |