Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at the relaxed poses in our photographs , it will come as no surprise to learn that Clarissa modelled for a few years back in the 60s . |
| 2 | In his later life he became for a few months nearly as famous as Ramsey , though in a different context . |
| 3 | He then fainted for a few seconds . |
| 4 | Telephone or client bidding secured the majority : ‘ The Princess of Salm with her son ’ sold for £29,000 ( $45,820 ) , est. £30–45,000 ; ‘ Monsieur de Cormainville sold for £42,000 ( $65,436 ) , est. £25–35,000 ; ‘ The Prince of Saxe-Gotha with his Tutor ’ sold for £20,000 ( $31,600 ) , est. £25–35,000 ) ; ‘ Baron de Talleyrand ’ sold for the same amount against the estimate of £20–30,000 ; ‘ Baron de Bombelles ’ sold for £18,000 ( $28,044 ) , est. £20–25,000 ; ‘ The Duke of York on a quay ’ sold for £17,000 ( $26,486 ) , estimated £20–30,000 ; and ‘ Colonel Morrison ’ sold for £13,000 ( $20,254 ) , est. £15–25,000 . |
| 5 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
| 6 | After I 'd returned and delivered the order someone else asked for the same service , which I willingly performed again , and yet again . |
| 7 | Falconi , swept over the island , while the Bf109Es of 7/JG 26 also made for the same location . |
| 8 | And I knelt for a few moments , head buried in my hands . |
| 9 | Inspired by the arrival of The Beatles to play the guitar , he bought a cheap Harmony electric and a Kalamazoo amp and dabbled for a few years before joining a high school covers band , playing soul , rock and a good deal of Hendrix . |
| 10 | We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven . |
| 11 | She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers . |
| 12 | Earlier in the month 806 Squadron 's three remaining serviceable Fulmars had been flown from Malta to Egypt via El Adem , each aircraft carrying three aircrew ; the ground party sailed for the same destination in a destroyer . |
| 13 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 14 | Did n't we have a black guy who played for a few season in the second division with Revie before the real glory years . |
| 15 | He played for a few seconds with the animal 's jewelled collar then turned his eyes on me . |
| 16 | She drove for a few minutes in silence , then she said , ‘ You know what I 'm going back to ? ’ |
| 17 | Then he rested for a few minutes and pushed on again . |
| 18 | He rested for a few minutes , before pushing himself on . |
| 19 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
| 21 | They 'd never amount to a fortune — not at a penny a hundred points — but at least they paid for a few packets of cigarettes . |
| 22 | Bigwig listened and sniffed for a few moments . |
| 23 | Sniffed for a few weeks or months . |
| 24 | They walked for a few minutes in silence . |
| 25 | " They talked for a few moments , and then he handed her an envelope and walked away . |
| 26 | She laughed , and we talked for a few minutes longer . |
| 27 | We talked for a few minutes and he was in great spirits . |
| 28 | At the start of NEP many of these papers collapsed for the same reasons that affected others . |
| 29 | A large number of periodicals survived for a few issues and then disappeared : ten ceased or suspended publication during 1971 . |
| 30 | After completing his studies at Glasgow University , Gavin worked for a few months at a salmon farm near Ft William , checking for virus infection . |