Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun pl] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some Johannesburg hotels provided armed escorts for their guests after a spate of muggings recently . |
| 2 | I deliberately used transparent colours for their clarity as well as for their resemblance to the watercolour . |
| 3 | While the young Millers lived in Swan Walk , eighteenth-century Chelsea provided many diversions for their amusement . |
| 4 | As already noted , Torbay DHA maintained back-up hostels for its localities , with a total of twenty-eight places available for people with long-term problems . |
| 5 | Adaptions are created by the design studio who continuously support the sales force , supplying specially made hand samples and computer designed coloured illustrations for their client . |
| 6 | The disruption of daily life may well be imagined ; it dragged men away from work and posed increasing demands for their upkeep on those who remained . |
| 7 | They used Celtic mercenaries for their own defence , according to Polybius ( 3.41 ) . |
| 8 | Usually we found enough conkers for our needs already on the ground , but if this was not the case , then a few well aimed throws with sticks would soon bring more ripe fruits cascading down . |
| 9 | He provided quixotic endpapers for his own first editions , which later became collectors ' items , and his paintings , in oils , water-colours , and pencil , crayon , and gouache , were exhibited in the 1940s at the Leicester Galleries . |
| 10 | In the 1730s women found new outlets for their work through periodicals , especially The Gentleman 's Magazine , and through subscription publishing . |
| 11 | The ATP coup 12 months later triggered both opportunities for their change of mind , although record crowds again this time and the realisation that , apart from the Stella Artois tournament at Queen 's Club , they have one of the prime non Grand Slam events of the year , persuaded them to stay after all . |
| 12 | Adenauer was also pleased that soon afterwards , in October 1955 , the people of the coal-rich Saar , which had been separated from Germany in 1946 ( at French insistence ) , rejected French plans for their future . |
| 13 | Although all four projects received high scores for their scientific content , PRISMA appears to have suffered from the high costs of its proposed European launch , and MARSNET from uncertainty over US plans for the study of the planet , while STEP was seen by some participants as requiring further technical refinements . |
| 14 | The Wedding Present played similar games for their ‘ Kennedy ’ single . |
| 15 | She had a well-earned international reputation and received many awards for her human rights work . |
| 16 | Although Gates announced a 10-point plan to restore public confidence in the force , and established a citizens ' panel to investigate the King case , he rejected all demands for his resignation or retirement . |
| 17 | Critical alike of Marxist socialism and capitalism , Studdert Kennedy commanded considerable audiences for his addresses during the ICF 's missions and crusades in the years of the depression . |
| 18 | A week later Dance reported satisfactorily , and he subsequently received five guineas for his trouble . |
| 19 | He started young , encouraged by his father , and reached international level in 1976–8 when he played several times for his native France . |
| 20 | Speaking for a generation of American and British intellectuals , Seldes condemned American movies for their ‘ falseness ’ but saw that it was ‘ the falseness of the McKinley era ’ , an era when ‘ the moral and intellectual tone — had not yet become infected with self-criticism ’ . |
| 21 | The wardens originally received twenty shillings for their work plus expenses ; now they only receive a small allowance towards their expenses , which is paid after they have served their two year term . |
| 22 | Sadly for Moore , who played 108 times for his country , it is now all over after a brave two-year battle against cancer . |
| 23 | Oh God , how must it feel , arriving in the fad pop capital of the world , a round year after said green and pleasant land dug early graves for your close spiritual cohorts , the Home Counties fey brigade ? |
| 24 | However , Hale proceeded regardless , and on 9th June 1863 , he obtained fifty-two signatures for his treaty . |
| 25 | She arrived most days for her Lipton matches astride a Honda 600 . |
| 26 | In truth one suspects that audiences quite simply enjoyed these films for their pace and wit but Cagney was certainly adding another dimension . |
| 27 | Don Bennett had always publicly — and to my embarrassment — told anyone who would listen , that I recruited 16,000 Pathfinders for our heavy bomber squadrons and the mosquitos of the Light Night Striking Force . |
| 28 | But in addition government departments , notably the ministry of defence , enjoyed subsidized tariffs for their rail transport , and in some cases had large unpaid bills with RENFE amounting to many billions of pesetas ; for many years RENFE carried the mail of the Spanish Post Office entirely without charge ( IBRD 1963 : 196 ) . |
| 29 | ( b ) The payer has the opportunity of contesting his liability in proceedings , but instead gives way and pays : see e.g. , Henderson v. Folkestone Waterworks Co. ( 1885 ) 1 T.L.R. 329 , and Sargood Brothers v. The Commonwealth , 11 C.L.R. 258 , especially at p. 301 , per Isaacs J. So where money has been paid under pressure of actual or threatened legal proceedings for its recovery , the payer can not say that for that reason the money has been paid under compulsion and is therefore recoverable by him . |
| 30 | On Paul 's first day he arranged four appointments for our consultants with prospective clients , and has since gone from strength to strength . |