Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [vb pp] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fans had come for goals and it was Pompey who nearly supplied the first . |
| 2 | On the other hand , he said ID cards were ridiculous and confirmed what fans had known for years that they were ill- treated by uncaring clubs who were allowing grounds to fall into disrepair . |
| 3 | In re-uniting Marxism and nationalism under the anti-imperialist banner , Castro succeeded at one fell stroke where the Communist parties had failed for years . |
| 4 | He insisted that the United States would have to learn to live as other nations had lived for centuries — namely by co-existing with powerful rivals under the protection offered by the balance of power . |
| 5 | And then people would point to odd things like paper technology that some of the universities had had for years , and said — ‘ Well , what 's odd about housing studies ? ’ |
| 6 | EXTRA COST Although local authorities , countryside groups and individuals had called for sections of the line from Lackenby to Picton and Picton to Shipton to be laid underground , the area did not merit the extra expense , he said . |
| 7 | Though some secondees had been directly or indirectly approached about a secondment , most of the secondees had applied for jobs and were delighted with the prospect . |
| 8 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 9 | Even where the entrances were very well hidden by ploughing and cultivation , the rabbits somehow found their way back to the selfsame underground burrows their predecessors had used for generations . |
| 10 | Among the mountains around the lake , Kurdish tribes , in their distinctive and spectacular garb , lived as their ancestors had lived for centuries . |
| 11 | Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations . |
| 12 | When the mayor of Nablus , Zafir al Masri , was assassinated in March 1986 , his funeral turned into the largest pro-PLO demonstration the territories had seen for years . |
| 13 | Trevelyan 's first draft of the UDC 's four points had called for negotiations with democratic movements on the continent ‘ to form an international understanding depending on popular parties rather than on governments ’ . |
| 14 | These courts had existed for centuries already , ever since the medieval Templars had been a power in the land . |
| 15 | Philip DeFreitas dances for joy after trapping Andrew Jones lbw , leaving New Zealand 's second innings in doleful disarray at 7 for 3 after both openers had departed for ducks |
| 16 | In recent weeks , many opposition politicians had campaigned for guarantees of future immunity from prosecution on charges of corruption . |