Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 2 | Mr Hamlyn operated for four hours on the man who remained in intensive care . |
| 3 | CHART star Dr Alban trained for five years as a dentist — but gave up after a horrific teeth-pulling session . |
| 4 | In the preface to his Hortus Britanno-Americanus ( written in 1749 but not published until 1763 ) Mark Catesby [ q.v. ] , the pioneer naturalist of the south-eastern states of America , said that ‘ Mr. Gray at Fulham has for many years made it his business to raise and cultivate the plants of America ( from whence he has annually fresh supplies ) in order to furnish the curious with what they want … |
| 5 | Are they told , for example , that it is near impossible to build a sound airstrip for heavy transport jets in conditions of wicked cold and chilling damp , such as the Falklands suffer for seven months of the year ? |
| 6 | At 39 Castle Street , the author of Waverley lived for twenty-four years and wrote many of his famous novels . |
| 7 | Marie sought for comforting words to say : ‘ Do n't worry . |
| 8 | Just a short while Bobby read for twenty minutes or something . |
| 9 | What provision did the ATS make for discharged personnel of this nature ? |
| 10 | The drawing of lines between right and wrong [ or duty and obligation ] is being overshadowed by the need for cooperative adjustment and common improvement among States competing for limited resources . |
| 11 | On Dec. 10 the FAO appealed for 1,300,000 tonnes of food aid for the Sudan in 1991 . |
| 12 | Rocky played for 20 minutes but did n't do much . |
| 13 | Edward Forbes and Darwin were inspired by Lyell to look for geological changes that would explain the present distribution of species in Europe . |
| 14 | Quarterback Stan Humphries threw for 275 yards , including 46 yards to Nate Lewis to set up the winning fourth-quarter touchdown . |
| 15 | Until 1986 Andy caddied for several players , including Gary Player and Bernhard Langer . |
| 16 | On the second day after Eric 's escape , early in the morning a troop of Germans , accompanied by Fascists , arrived in Fontanellato to look for escaped prisoners . |
| 17 | After only eighteen months breathing the dust of the docks , Ramsey taught for six years and a half in a greenhouse . |
| 18 | Pat served for six years on the Executive Committee ; she has also been responsible for arranging the flowers at many important functions . |
| 19 | Ms Torcato worked for several newspapers and magazines in India and , more recently , in Gulf countries . |
| 20 | Tory MP Michael Spicer called for lower rates ‘ to avoid this very grave recession turning into a slump ’ . |
| 21 | But while the BHRCA speaks for many companies and individuals , it does not represent everyone , or even every sector , and is sometimes at odds with the views of other bodies . |
| 22 | Valerie listened for suspicious sounds on the tape , and despised herself for so doing . |
| 23 | The West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List allocates him a reign of three years , with one variant reading of two , but Bede also says that Caedwalla reigned for two years before his abdication in 688 ( HE IV , 12 : V , 7 ) ( see also above , p. 51 ) . |
| 24 | All but a handful of LEAs bid for these grants ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 11.1 ; CIPFA , 1989 , p. 18 ) . |
| 25 | On Feb. 9 the fundamentalist Hindu movement Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) agreed to requests from V. P. Singh to delay for four months the next stage of construction of the so-called " Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi " shrine at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh . |
| 26 | David battled for three minutes to restart his heart , then had him rushed to hospital where last night he was critically ill with burns and internal injuries . |
| 27 | Blaney 's success in the States lasted for some years and then , in 1910 , the affluent company decided to tour Great Britain . |
| 28 | HALEMA STAYED FOR three days , just long enough for her round figure bobbing up and down the beach to become familiar , long enough for the affection she exuded to be returned tenfold . |
| 29 | But everything went smoothly , and afterwards Mr Maginnis appealed for other volunteers to lose their locks ‘ in aid of a very worthy cause ’ . |
| 30 | The only positive aspect is that since it attracts the seediest sort of tourist , it keeps them all in one place like a gigantic concrete fly-paper , and stops them wandering all over the unspoiled parts of the Highlands looking for go-cart tracks and timeshare chalets . |