Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 2 | Or the poster I produced for you of the doves of peace made with human hands . |
| 3 | Seve finished second to Johnny Miller and after that I caddied for him until the end of 1979 . |
| 4 | He adds : ‘ I also felt that I wanted to give the love that I felt for her in the way she needs love to be given . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’ |
| 6 | Well , he fired a pistol and someone went for him with the blade of a scythe . ’ |
| 7 | Here 's what I wrote in the obituary I did for him in The Guardian : |
| 8 | Now I supported Prescott , I must say I voted for him for the er for deputy leader , right , but I think he 's wrong , right , on this particular issue , this compromise that he 's floating and I think it should be dropped . |
| 9 | I remember , I waited for her in the waiting room . |
| 10 | I waited for you at the gate . |
| 11 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |
| 12 | So she paid for it on the spot and took it home . |
| 13 | The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s . |
| 14 | ‘ I know very little about her , although she worked for him in the war too . |
| 15 | Another Haute , Edmund , lost an annuity to Walter Hungerford , who petitioned for it at the end of May : an indication that the family 's gains from royal service were recognized as being available for redistribution . |
| 16 | Another Haute , Edmund , lost an annuity to Walter Hungerford , who petitioned for it at the end of May : an indication that the family 's gains from royal service were recognized as being available for redistribution . |
| 17 | You looked for him in the Green Room , but found only his jacket . |
| 18 | She looked for him in the oven , the fridge , the wicker basket that held wastepaper beside her desk . |
| 19 | The voting er you voted for them at the delegate meeting and I think it was the six top six highest in the vote became the standing orders . |
| 20 | Erm , as the person who mo , moved the original motion , I would be very happy to move the recommendations , and to thank Mr , Mrs , Mr and Mr , who are the only members here present who voted for it at the time . |
| 21 | ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement . |
| 22 | He chattered at her , sleepy and indignant as she dived for him among the dirty linen , the old letters , a moth-eaten scarf . |
| 23 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
| 24 | So , while the universities were recognized as having a national role , it was not the one envisaged for them by the Newbolt Committee . |
| 25 | He held his hands up and admitted an error and we felt for him on the night . |
| 26 | After the overthrow of Avitus in 456 Majorian had to use force to bring the Visigoths into line , but thereafter they fought for him against the Sueves in Spain . |
| 27 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 28 | They looked for it inside the white car . |
| 29 | She knew he cared , he showed it , but he would n't say the things she wanted to hear — that he cared for her to the exclusion of all others , and wanted her in his life to the exclusion of all others . |
| 30 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |