Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 2 | By then , however , such was the devastation of churches and church lands that although the York clergy granted a tenth , which was to be collected in two instalments during 1317 ( a delay eloquent of their difficulties ) , they successfully insisted on a revised valuation of their livings : instead of the tenth being levied on the 1291 valor , compiled before the Scottish war began , it was to be calculated according to the true current valuation of livings , a reduced level which endured for the rest of the Middle Ages . |
| 3 | The third narrative tells how George Meredith modelled for the corpse in the painting and how his wife then ran away with the painter ( see also the sonnets in Meredith 's Modern Love ) . |
| 4 | In a sudden blur of motion , he leapt away from Grant and sprinted for the cover of the trees . |
| 5 | Mr Nasta has used two large rooms to display the works , all of them privately owned and personally lent for the occasion . |
| 6 | This Meeting consider that the sum appropriated for the Steam Boat last year would be best disposed of by carrying on works of utility to the Island … " |
| 7 | Consequently , our analysis used statistical methods appropriated for the analysis of data with unobserved effects ( our data comprised of a large number of daily histories , in the late 1980's which had been previously collected ) . |
| 8 | When the appellant received notice of the order , he applied for the order to be set aside on the grounds that he had no notice of the proceedings and had nothing to do with it . |
| 9 | Capricorn applied for the service of the writ to be set aside on the ground that the London address did not consitute a place of business in Great Britain or that if service was good , Capricorn sought a stay on the ground of lis alibi pendens in Ohio . |
| 10 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 11 | As soon as Reunification came about , Schiller applied for the return of his family 's estates . |
| 12 | When the vacancy created by the resignation of Joseph Moreton at the newly-created Leeds half-day classes arose , Edward Kirk applied for the position , ignoring the advice of John Howard . |
| 13 | It so happened that the Missions to the Adult Deaf and Dumb of Ireland were seeking a missionary , and Maginn applied for the position . |
| 14 | I think he had a little bit of ill health and my immediate superior took over as Traffic Superintendent and he was there throughout the war and when I came out he was my boss and er you see and er and then in nineteen forty eight was made Transport Manager , because as you say we had to split from Electric Supply and he carried on until erm nineteen seventy two and erm , we had government reorganization and erm they did away with people like the Town Clerk and Transport Manager and erm erm was retired , early retirement , the same as the Town Clerk and erm they brought in a General Manager from away and brought in more staff with him and that was came in and er so I then applied for the position , which was going , there was , there was Traffic Superintendent was going er Chief Administration Officer , Chief Engineer and erm er Bodywork Maintenance Superintendent . |
| 15 | This innovation is especially significant as it suggests that Marx did not believe there was necessarily one set scheme of evolution which applied for the whole of mankind , the view which was held implicitly by most of Marx 's contemporaries . |
| 16 | In 1959 he applied for the headship of another minor public school , which had the disadvantage of being in Northumberland . |
| 17 | Millions who applied for the minimum 100 shares in the great water sell-off are likely today to be told their applications are being met in full despite a huge oversubcription to the £5.24billion privatisation . |
| 18 | I applied for the post and was interviewed by the headmaster , a man of about my own age who was ‘ mad on Puccini ’ , and consequently thrilled to bits when I recognized |
| 19 | The offer coincided with a move to separate the Cheltenham Schools of Architecture and Art , with which he disagreed , so he applied for the post and succeeded despite his now apparent and debilitating illness . |
| 20 | In 1923 Van Der Meulen applied for the post of consul there and was selected for a three-year training in Arabic and Islam by the great Leiden Arabist , Snouck Hurgronje . |
| 21 | The company said standard vetting procedures were followed , which did not reveal any adverse information about him when he applied for the post . |
| 22 | In 1969 , I applied for the post of Senior Lecturer at the new University of Lancaster , in the north of England ( about 240 miles north west of London ) . |
| 23 | Worktwice , the rival firm which now has the fax number , say it merely applied for the fax number because it was told it had become available and are confident British Telecom acted in a right and proper manner . |
| 24 | With regard to indirect discrimination , the EOC conducted a postal survey of all the applicants to the Society in one year to establish whether or not each candidate could have complied with the mobility requirement at the time that they applied for the job . |
| 25 | He applied for the job at Hoggatt 's , of course , and was runner-up to Howarth . " |
| 26 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 27 | She contends that the tenant ceased to be a statutory tenant for the purposes of the subsection when the possession order was made in the county court or , alternatively , when the possession order took effect or , alternatively , when her client applied for the warrant of execution . |
| 28 | Another fairly important change was that a review by a review board should be discontinued if it was established that the inspector 's report did not adversely affect the reputation of the person who applied for the review . |
| 29 | Educated at University College London ( 1879–83 ) in general science , Hatch qualified for the gold medal and Tuffnell scholarship in analytical chemistry in the intermediate science examination in 1881 . |
| 30 | His future career then seemed uncertain : he qualified for the bar at the Inner Temple , ran a hostel for disadvantaged boys , Edghill House , Sydenham ( 1913–15 ) , and then began schoolmastering at Strand School , Brixton . |