Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , it became possible for the Poles to compete on the open market and to bid against the Commission with capital made available by the Polish banks . |
| 2 | ‘ Still the guns churned this treacherous slime , the surplus water poured into the trenches as its natural outlet , and they became impossible for the troops … men staggered warily over duckboards . |
| 3 | The net result was a political atmosphere ‘ in which it became impossible for the police as a whole to avoid a distortion of priorities and for individual police officers it became more and more difficult to disentangle fact from prejudice in assessing those whom they were sent to police ’ ( McCabe and Wallington , 1988:134–5 ) . |
| 4 | The campaigns were not only successful politically , but they also became famous for the deeds of prowess and valour done by the leaders of the English forces and the booty and ransoms they won . |
| 5 | Her ambition to be a painter was thwarted by acute shortness of sight which made her turn to gardening , ‘ making pictures with living plants ’ to use her own words ; and she became famous for the gardens she created and the books she wrote . |
| 6 | This broad , cobbled area , the main market place of the city , was packed with carts bringing in wine from the vintners , lawn for the cloth guilds , and vegetables packed high for the stalls and booths in the Poultry . |
| 7 | Such competition would be designed to reduce administrative costs and increase politicians ' information until a bureau 's budget became optimal for the politicians . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I felt sorry for the others , so I confessed . ’ |
| 9 | I felt sorry for the gypsies you know in Cross Street |
| 10 | Asked if he felt sorry for the fans back home , Sir Bert said , ‘ I feel more sorry for myself . |
| 11 | DARLINGTON chairman Dick Corden admitted he felt sorry for the fans after the disastrous 3–0 defeat at Torquay on Saturday . |
| 12 | She always felt sorry for the children at the Ragged School and there seemed to be hundreds and hundreds of them . |
| 13 | You need only compare the scores after 25 overs to see what went wrong for the Scots , Bellville being 91 for three and Scotland 54 for three . |
| 14 | I 've suddenly remembered that the programme that really infuriated me , when I was tired and wet and Paddy Ashdown was getting away with sheer murder before my eyes , and the polls looked terminal for the Tories , and I was beginning to think that the whole thing was rigged against us , was not the BBC at all . |
| 15 | When young Scott Booth underlined his claim for a first full international start against the Germans on Wednesday by continuing his scoring form with Aberdeen 's second goal six minutes into the second half , things looked bleak for the hosts . |
| 16 | Things looked bleak for the Dwarfs . |
| 17 | The arrival of the Turks in the Red Sea in 1517 proved disastrous for the Abyssinians . |
| 18 | The following morning , Sara Freeman , the model the Ashleys had provided , appeared ready for the shots , but Bernard announced that Laura would not be coming down . |
| 19 | It looks like Labour and the Liberal Democrats are set to join forces , adding to the agony for Alan Winmill , who left Labour for the Tories last year . |
| 20 | After correction , the newspaper page would eventually be cast in metal by printers and made ready for the presses to roll . |
| 21 | ‘ You do n't wash your feet and put them on the dirty floor , do you ? ’ he asked as he got ready for the guests who would soothe the painful passage towards the critics . |
| 22 | The income of the Association remained inadequate for the needs and the fulfilment of its objects , and support remained poor . |
| 23 | The German state prosecutor 's office announced on April 8 that tests conducted on the bones of a man who died in Brazil in 1979 confirmed that the body ( discovered in 1985 — see p. 33759 ) was that of Josef Mengele , the so-called " Angel of Death " held responsible for the deaths of 400,000 prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War . |
| 24 | Irwin also canvassed with Salisbury an improved form of dyarchy , the elaborate system set up in 1921 whereby elected Indian ministers in the provincial governments were entrusted with various unexciting portfolios , while British officials remained responsible for the essentials of law , order and taxation . |