Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 2 | I made for the hotel 's main building with several other reporters when a man with an assault rifle appeared and said : ‘ Hit the floor . ’ |
| 3 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 4 | This is a campaign booklet which I prepared for the RCN 's Association of Nursing Students in 1985 ; much of it also applies to returning nurses . |
| 5 | Calmly I paid for the pod 's berth and walked away , neither too fast nor too slow . |
| 6 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 7 | I settled for the terrine du chef followed by rognons d'agneau and pommes vapeur . |
| 8 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 9 | So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire . |
| 10 | I think for a day 's er work it 's worth assessing the three top people identified with the six outside people that I 've identified who are you know in the next division down to see how they compare . |
| 11 | Well , I think for the children 's sake , I 'm going to stay put until Christmas , but after that I 'm really going to have to try and find some sort of stability for my children . |
| 12 | Someone sent for the narrator 's father : ‘ My father said : ‘ I 'll come later on tonight : I 'll catch him for you . ’ |
| 13 | Please could I ask for a moment 's silence and look to the north er we wil where we will have a dedication fly past by A-Tens of the Eighty-First Tactical Fighter Wing . |
| 14 | I much regretted the dismissive attitude taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) , who has clearly totally forgotten that the Western European Union was revitalised , added Spain and Portugal to its ranks , and produced the Hague platform — which provided for the WEU 's nine members to defend their borders , with nuclear weapons if need be . |
| 15 | Under the second , a development agreement , which provided for the property 's development by the developers , the Prudential agreed to pay certain building costs . |
| 16 | The project was to be funded for one year with money from the Telethon Trust , which paid for the author 's post , that of development worker , as well as allowing a substantial budget ; the overall aim was to establish a leisure service for disabled people within the Northern Health Region . |
| 17 | He did , which accounts for the show 's huge success . |
| 18 | We also ask you to contribute to a kitty which pays for the children 's food and drinks . |
| 19 | The mother is the " outside agency " which provides for the baby 's needs in feeding and those multitudinous attentions which are condensed under the heading of " mothering " . |
| 20 | As Huntington says , it is the total system with its inherent opposition and paradox which makes for the novel 's interest . |
| 21 | It is that position of fundamental weakness and poverty that forces them to apply for the Government 's student loans . |
| 22 | The demonstrators want Britain to apologize for the executions of nine men who fought for the island 's independence in the fifties . |
| 23 | He said that loss adjusters who acted for the council 's insurers after November 's fire , would be attending a meeting to discuss the claim as soon as the sketches are ready . |
| 24 | She paid for the Regiment 's presents each Christmas and presented them to the legionnaires . |
| 25 | Then at top speed she raced for the keeper 's cottage . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's a bargain when you consider how much protection you get for a building 's contents alone , ’ says Kelly . |
| 27 | It is addressed to some learned woman of a higher station who appears to be a new acquaintance ; it is therefore possible that Leapor had had correspondence with a literary woman in London who arranged for the poem 's publication . |
| 28 | His wife 'll be back then which is just as well — she cleans for the factor 's wife over at ‘ Il Calltuccio ’ in the mornings . |
| 29 | In 1961 the Club was developing a more commercial approach to itself , in no small measure owing to Jack Webb who worked for the Club 's accountant , Spencer Ell . |
| 30 | Enthusiasts , such as the Nobel prizewinners who vouched for the SSC 's promise in Washington on April 13th , would point out that the SSC is not meant to boost the superconductor industry — it is meant to find new physics . |