Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Instruction ( Nakaz ) which Catherine personally drew up for the guidance of the deputies who made up this Commission was a conflation of ideas drawn , with little alteration , from West European writers , particularly Montesquieu and Beccaria . |
| 2 | Only spoke up for the girl . ’ |
| 3 | There was an hour of cleaning and a change of crew before we finally lifted off for the short leg down to Abu Dhabi . |
| 4 | When the cold engine that was the city had coughed and kicked and finally started up for the day , then she 'd set out about her business . |
| 5 | At the er and they have a band on that night that I just called on for the |
| 6 | Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ . |
| 7 | In Budapest , they still strolled around for the sheer pleasure of it . |
| 8 | Well , before mid-afternoon all the men — and extra help always came in for the threshing — were incapable of working . |
| 9 | He usually turned out for the Palace at right-back and was the composed and effective successor to the brilliant Arthur Hudgell , epitomising the honest footballer who would always give of his best for his club whatever the situation . |
| 10 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 11 | So now he was at a disadvantage , which angered him , and he lost sight of the gratitude he usually summoned up for the stepfather who had spent much of his life obliging his adopted son 's ambition for parents with a big house and a dashing car . |
| 12 | Then , proudly and smiling , he slowly walked back for the presentation , his friends dancing round him patting him . |
| 13 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 14 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 15 | ( Derek heartily spoke up for the bitter they pulled , too . ) |
| 16 | After that tour , Western Province employed both myself and Graham Gooch for two winters , which partially made up for the fees we lost by not being able to tour with England during the three-year Test ban . |
| 17 | That they managed to start up so speedily was largely thanks to local representatives of the Jewish Refugees Committee who simply doubled up for the RCM . |
| 18 | Fitzgerald then served out for the set to turn the match into a real struggle , or so we thought , but Grabb and McEnroe stepped up a gear midway through the fourth set to take control . |
| 19 | Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record . |
| 20 | I hesitated , then went back for the indigo wrap . |
| 21 | She pushed at the curl , then reached down for the shoulder-bag that lay at her feet and dug out an ebony hair pick . |
| 22 | He then stood up for the sentence , his hands on the dock rail . |