Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob is helping a dozen patients at Stoke Mandeville to prepare for a new independent life . |
| 2 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 3 | Later on in the meeting , Council member David Lindsay called for a full report on Training Outside Public Practice , following his discovery that 62 of the 77 students currently training under TOPP are employed by the National Audit Office . |
| 4 | A group representing families of the British victims marked the anniversary by handing in a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for a public inquiry . |
| 5 | In the first semi-final they took Ontario completely unawares with a dashing try in the opening minutes by centre Greg McKinney which his partner Dennis Clarke converted for a 6–0 advantage . |
| 6 | The late David Penhaligon argued for a separate constituency in nineteen seventy eight and I argued the case in select committee in nineteen eighty eight and the most important fact about these responses is the sheer weight of numbers from democratically elected bodies in Cornwall . |
| 7 | Allowed to choose her hairdresser , Carole Ann Ford plumped for an up-and-coming young stylist she had known and visited for some time named Vidal Sassoon . |
| 8 | The South Wales authorities have also joined forces with those in South West England to press for a through rail link with the Tunnel thus avoiding the need to cross London from Paddington to the Waterloo terminal , and for the electrification of the main lines from Paddington to Bristol and Penzance , Paddington to Swansea , and Waterloo to Exeter . |
| 9 | Unwisely Spain intrigued for an anti-British coalition as she intrigued for an anti-American coalition in 1898 ; as Wellington observed , Spain acted ‘ as if Europe were at her feet ’ . |
| 10 | A nicely placed observer speculates that if Univel Inc , the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs joint venture , does well with the Destiny desktop operating system , that that will convince Novell chief Ray Noorda to go for a bigger piece of USL : he already owns the largest outside share . |
| 11 | It is interesting here to note that it is paralleled by one from Islam of how Allah sent the angel Gabriel to search for a pious man in a certain place . |
| 12 | Sold in the Gutmann sale , Sotheby 's , 2 April , for the lower estimate of £150,000 ( $225,000 ) to dealer Christopher Gibbs acting for a private client |
| 13 | Actress Jane Seymour posed for a 40th birthday article with husband David Flynn and their children in March 1991 . |
| 14 | Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for a tougher line , including an arms embargo , against the junta which has held the democracy campaigner under house arrest since July 1989 . |
| 15 | In Court their barrister Ian Glen asked for a judicial review . |
| 16 | Colombian President Virgilio Barco Vargas called for a powerful UN agency to direct the global struggle against drug abuse . |
| 17 | Sister Marcus paused for a few seconds . |
| 18 | Mr Barabash argues for a hefty transfer . |
| 19 | On December 12th Mr Vicari called for an extraordinary general meeting to clear up the uncertainty over the firm 's future . |
| 20 | The effect of the premedication did help Mr Reynolds to relax for a short while prior to going to theatre . |
| 21 | Today in the Commons the Tory MP and spy writer , Rupert Allason called for an immediate investigation into the latest findings . |
| 22 | WITH Wall Street closed for a public holiday , dealing was extremely thin , allowing the FTSE to drift . |
| 23 | At the board 's quarterly meeting , Mr Buchanan voted for a Conservative councillor , Roy Thomson , who had been proposed as chairman , but the move failed . |
| 24 | At the board 's quarterly meeting , Mr Buchanan voted for a Conservative councillor , Roy Thomson , who had been proposed as chairman , but the move failed . |
| 25 | City equalised through Peter Costello after 49 minutes but then had Graham Bressington dismissed for a scything tackle on Tony Griffiths . |
| 26 | This jogging last-of-the-summer-wine single sees singer Jarvis apologising for an imagined ( we hope ) boyhood affair . |
| 27 | The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to a hitherto generally unobserved feature of the parallelistic couplet in Hebrew poetry , a feature which may offer a point de départ for a revised perception of the nature of the parallelistic couplet as such . |
| 28 | Indeed , Mr Kinnock called for a modest celebration at Labour 's recovery : it was an encouragement , an inspiration to see the party working together once more , he said . |
| 29 | Mr Kellett calls for a major shake-up in the system for looking after the elderly in an article in the British Medical Journal . |
| 30 | Mr Brown called for a national recovery programme to boost industry and create jobs . |