Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for [pers pn] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After the winner I rode for him at York . ’
2 I called for him at Faber 's — ; which meant waiting downstairs either du côté de chez Swan or in the small waiting-room crowded with Faber books ready for dispatch — ; and we caught a train to Merstham from Victoria .
3 I sat for it at Sutton Place — he did n't clown around when he was painting me , but talked of David , Ingres , Velázquez . ’
4 Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion .
5 ‘ The guy who scored for us at Wembley , Kjetil Rekdal , is mad about English football .
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