Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb pp] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Has someone arranged for a wheelchair ? ’
2 Someone sent for the narrator 's father : ‘ My father said : ‘ I 'll come later on tonight : I 'll catch him for you . ’
3 She looked around but could see nothing prepared for the arrival of a baby Maggie seemed to have had no nesting instincts at all .
4 In Hungary , Janos Kadar was almost gently pushed aside , in Poland the Communists were swept from power , and in Czechoslovakia Mr Husak retired — but nobody called for his arrest .
5 get all these programmes for some reason , somebody allowed for it when they put the system in , mind you still have to check it I suppose but checked through it , tested it , took me about five minutes , still a minimum charge of an hour
6 There was even a cardboard birthday cake about ten feet across which a couple of girls could leap out of if somebody paid for their time and the hire of a van .
7 This woman would be the one in the attic , the one nobody paid for , the one they fed because they had to and treated like filth because she did n't seem to notice or care .
8 Nothing sold for more than FFr500,000 , and the sale netted FFr6,681,000 ( £681,700 ; $1,193,000 ) , with eighty-three of the 116 lots sold and FFr2,380,000 ( £242,800 ; $425,000 ) worth bought in .
9 And do n't use any more hot water , or there 'll be none left for me , ’ Beth told her sharply .
10 ‘ Now the children are getting bigger I find they eat all the dinner and there is none left for me .
11 Had everyone fooled for a time , but she was wearing a body stocking .
12 In desperation she picked up the paper and turned to the TV guide , but there was nothing scheduled for the early-evening spot apart from game shows .
13 I did n't choose to live next to a reservoir … what I want from you is an assurance that your company will compensate everyone affected for all the losses they incur because of the reservoir ( everyone cheers ) .
14 I had one repaired for Susannah , it had been left to her by an aunt and she had managed to smash it against a post or something and broke the shank and knocked out one of the erm , stones , so on and so forth , and eh , together with some repairs on a charm bracelet I had to pay thirty seven pounds for the whole jolly lot .
15 Well , what you need , Joe , is to follow my fitness regime — the one designed for people who , in their heart of hearts , with their cigarettes already lit , wish they had more than just two hands to eat with , but because they are also cursed with a love for sport have to get fit the best they can .
16 Power Pak An update of Transpower , using two portable interchangeable heel implants , one designed for training , the other for competition purposes .
17 As she sat facing him , rigidly upright , he saw that her chair was one designed for the disabled with a button in the armrest to raise the seat when she wanted help in rising .
18 As C. L. Barber has finely said , in these poems ‘ poetry is , in a special way , an action , something done for and to the beloved … .
19 His mum spoilt him a lot , he was the youngest , and was used to having everything done for him .
20 A , who has an interest in property held by B upon trust for him , may hold that interest upon trust for D , or transfer it to C upon trust for D. ) If , however , an attempt is made to create a trust by transfer to a trustee , but the transfer itself fails from a defect in form — where land , for instance , is transferred by unsealed writing , or the transfer of shares in a company has not obtained some necessary consent of the Treasury — the trust also will fall , unless the transaction is one made for value , a term which includes settlements or agreements for settlement in consideration of a contemplated marriage , but not of one already celebrated .
21 Short bursts , each one destined for a chosen target .
22 The present palace follows the ground plan of an earlier one built for the Margrave of Moravia , Jan Jindřich , brother of Charles IV .
23 The Headmaster 's house in Davenport Park was taken over completely by the Junior School , and a new one built for him — costing £4,621 5 10d ! — during 1954 .
24 Now he has to content himself with the fact that the only replica of a Captain Cook ship he has been involved in was one built for the new shopping centre in Middlesbrough eight years ago .
25 In the gents of these there would sometimes be those urinals — you know the ones , shaped like a maiden 's hand — with one positioned for kids ten centimetres up the wall and not sixty centimetres up like the rest .
26 A report with a set of thematic maps , such as the one prepared for the Stirling area , is valuable to planners , enabling them to take proper account of the geological background .
27 It 's the one prepared for the submission .
28 An enormous tin trunk was brought down from the attic , and systematically packed with everything needed for a month 's holiday .
29 It has delightfully bright , comfortable public rooms designed to ensure guests have everything needed for a relaxed and leisurely stay .
30 It is a versatile resort offering everything needed for a relaxing sun and sea holiday , but it is also surrounded by much waiting to be explored .
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