Example sentences of "[verb] for [pron] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 2 | Zach told her his age , which was nine , and spelt out his name , apologizing for it at the same time . |
| 3 | ‘ Go and dump your shopping quickly and I 'll wait for you at the first bridge , ’ he suggested , indicating the expanse of parkland their building overlooked . |
| 4 | Ankhu and Nebamun would have it easier , but for the majority of privileged men work was a nominal activity as they laboured more or less intelligently in the upper ranks of the army , the civil service and the priesthood ; most of the graft was done for them at a humbler level . |
| 5 | Donal was married on August 29 and shortly afterwards an appointment was made for him at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London . |
| 6 | An option for processing mail has been selected and no mail exists for you at the present time . |
| 7 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
| 8 | There would be no tall good-looking man waiting for them at the Secret Cove and , once there , she found the Place was , indeed , deserted . |
| 9 | Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time . |
| 10 | Cranston was waiting for him at the small tavern just outside Aldgate in the Portsoken overlooking the stinking city ditch . |
| 11 | Bob 's phone rang , and while he was talking Dyson , who was sitting back in his chair and waiting for someone at the other end of the line , covered up the mouthpiece of his phone and said , ‘ Are you coming to the funeral , Tess ? ’ |
| 12 | But after the marriage and the party , when it was time , the brougham was already waiting for us at the front door , I could n't bear to leave . |
| 13 | The take or place booking means that the client will be offered a room if there has been a ‘ no show ’ or cancellation , and failing that accommodation will be found for them at a comparable hotel , usually within the same chain of hotels . |
| 14 | In City Fur Manufacturing Co. v. Fureenbond ( 1937 K.B. ) A owned some skins which were stored for him at an independent warehouse . |
| 15 | The fairy Grandmarina appears , and gives Alicia a magic fishbone that will bring her whatever she wishes for ‘ provided she wishes for it at the right time ’ . |
| 16 | To and fro , weaving , sometimes tied back to the point , moving from point to point , guided by Jennifer , each woman deeply involved with the dual effort of formulating an opinion and arguing for it at the same time . |
| 17 | Crown lawyers told the jury that Marsh handed out a booklet called Cancer and Aids : Any Hope Left For Us at a gay pub in London . |
| 18 | After opening nights at Blackpool , she would snub John ; when he waited for her at the front entrance with their car and chauffeur she would deliberately slip out of the Stage Door and go home by tram . |
| 19 | It was the Guga Hunters who had chartered Viking to land the men and supplies ' on Sula Sgeir and return for them at a specified date . |
| 20 | A part time post was created for me at a busy hospital 40 miles from home , and the arrangement worked very well . |
| 21 | Yeah , and I do n't now but i I mean I 'm certainly in two I 've been since there 's people who 've referred to the fact that they do n't have those members of staff working for them at the optimum days , |
| 22 | Or rather , their memoirs were launched for them at a glib and glitzy party by Heinemann , the publishers . |