Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHOOTING victim Jason Ward spoke for the first time yesterday about his week-long ordeal after suffering serious gunshot wounds . |
| 2 | ’ Herr Nordern stared for a moment into Bodo 's steady brown eyes . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't say how I feel , ’ Herr Nordern said for the twentieth time . |
| 4 | Herr Nordern groped for words as he stared at the envelopes with Steinmark written across them . |
| 5 | JIM KELLY ran for one touchdown and threw for another as Buffalo beat Denver 27-17 to move within sight of an NFL play-off spot . |
| 6 | The Alfonsín government elected in Argentina in late 1983 woúld probably also be included in this category , as would the recently elected ( 1984 ) administration in Uruguay ( president Julio Maria Sanguinetti called for expanded economic relations with the USSR shortly before his inauguration ) and the APRA government led by Alán Garcia in Peru which , since its election victory in May 1985 , has taken an active role in the Non-Aligned Movement , vying for the leadership and backing its challenge with moves to extend diplomatic recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organisation ; ( iii ) capitalist , ‘ liberal-bourgeois ’ governments that are oriented towards Washington , for example , Venezuela , Peru under Belaúnde , Colombia ( before 1982 ) , Costa Rica and Jamaica ; ( iv ) ‘ right-wing ’ , ‘ reactionary ’ military dictatorships generally not liked , but supported by the United States . |
| 7 | Last year , the businesses earmarked for ICI Bio accounted for only 34% of group turnover , but generated 69% of trading profits ; pharmaceuticals alone were responsible for 12% of sales and 52% of trading profit . |
| 8 | As she again became distraught yesterday , Detective Superintendent Ian Whinnett sent for a police psychiatrist . |
| 9 | Bernard Baruch spoke for many business people when he complained that the British were quick to moan but not to help themselves by making their economy more productive and competitive . |
| 10 | Dave Roberts ( two ) , Garcia , Seabrook and Gary Roberts scored for Havant . |
| 11 | ( Written when the Times ( on Saturday , 20 August 1983 , p. 2 ) depicted a 1923 20 h.p. ( body 1910 ) vintage Rolls Landaulette built for Lord Lonsdale by Hamshaw of Leicester , but spelt it ‘ Launderette ’ ) |
| 12 | On Wednesday Mrs. Gilmour arranged for a copy of petition to be left at the Holybourne Post Office and Stores . |
| 13 | Rodney Hampton ran for 138 yards and Jeff Hostetler passed for a pair of touchdowns . |
| 14 | FERMANAGH-South Tyrone MP Ken Maginnis voted for a House of Commons ‘ cutback ’ today . |
| 15 | A NIGHTCLUB bouncer accused of murdering Marie Wilks asked for a cloth to clean his car hours after her disappearance , then asked to keep the cloth , a court was told yesterday . |
| 16 | Richard Scott went for nought , caught out and caught behind , thanks to the pace of Bishop . |
| 17 | Anyone who watched the drubbing poor Neil Lyndon received for his attack on extreme feminism , No More Sex War , and has a taste for more of the same will relish Not Guilty : In Defence of the Modern Man ( Weidenfeld , February , £8.99 , 0 297 81216 5 ) , in which David Thomas reveals the fruits of his researches into how The Guys have been Really Hurting because of their treatment at the hands of women lately . |
| 18 | At the meeting federation vice-chairman Richard Coyles called for 3,000 more beat bobbies throughout the country to prevent ‘ anarchy ’ in cities . |
| 19 | All the rain she needs has fallen on the Queen 's racetrack in the past week to make jockey Pat Eddery set for a much better day than last year . |
| 20 | Educated at Haileybury and Trinity College , Cambridge , Edward Maitland volunteered for service in the South African war while he was still an undergraduate . |
| 21 | With Richard Hill warned for three beefy challenges on the impressive Matt Dawson and Mark Linnett fortunate that a few loose uses of fist and foot went unseen , the atmosphere was anything but festive . |
| 22 | Minister of the Presidency Oscar Santamaría signed for the government , while Shafik Jorge Handal signed for the FMLN . |
| 23 | With Richard Dunwoody claimed for Gambling Royal , Graham McCourt is poised to step in for the ride on Grand National winner Party Politics . |
| 24 | And Miss Ross called for an inquiry into prison service procedures for issuing personal protection weapons . |
| 25 | Bobby Hebert threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns for the Saints . |
| 26 | Miss Havisham sent for him , ’ she replied . |
| 27 | Later on in the meeting , Council member David Lindsay called for a full report on Training Outside Public Practice , following his discovery that 62 of the 77 students currently training under TOPP are employed by the National Audit Office . |
| 28 | Alongside and beneath the alley , Mucky Beck rushed for half a mile past walled mill-ponds , wasteland and cinder piles all the way from Shearbridge Road to Cheshum Street . |
| 29 | In 1589 Richard Lane asked for the reversion to the post of attorney in the Court of Requests , having acted as deputy in the office for eighteen or nineteen years . |
| 30 | During the 12th plenum of the Albanian Worker 's Party ( AWP ) central committee on Nov. 6-7 , President Ramiz Alia called for changes to the country 's 1976 Constitution , including a redefinition of the leading role of the party and freedom for religious beliefs . |