Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These he identified as arrangements for the police and security services , the stationing of troops of both sides and the administration of Renamo-controlled areas in the period before elections . |
| 2 | It seemed just possible that we might meet in Menton , where she went as judge for the Katherine Mansfield Prize — an inappropriate meeting-place , for we both greatly disliked ‘ K.M. ’ She was to inspire the admirable story ‘ Sisters ’ in Elizabeth 's next collection — the story of a cosy , bourgeoise , widowed ex-mayoress in a provincial town being embarrassed by questions about her famous , disreputable sister . |
| 3 | The method of allowing Tony 's death was criticised by Dr Keith Andrews , from Putney Royal Hospital , who appeared as witness for the Official Solicitor , a Government official who presented the other side of the case . |
| 4 | Here one must concentrate , not on those explanations of the Second and Third Ages which Tolkien wrote as background for The Lord of the Rings , but on his labour and preoccupation for nearly sixty years , the legends of the First Age : Tuor and Tûrin in the Unfinished Tales , but beyond and around them the whole ‘ narrative structure ’ of The Silmarillion . |
| 5 | Imprisonment has to be seen in the context of the German breakthrough in France , and fears about what would happen in Glasgow on May day 1918 ; it removed him from influence , even though he stood as candidate for the Gorbals in Glasgow in the 1918 election and attracted 7,436 votes against G. N. Barnes [ q.v . ] . |