Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [vb past] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mothers with small children particularly hated them and longed for a house with a garden ( Gittus , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ Derby gave us plenty of problems when we drew there , but we stood up to them and worked for a result . |
| 3 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 4 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 5 | Margaret inspected it and asked for a number of prints to be made . |