Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for the [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 We headed for the north Norfolk coast , careering through the bright afternoon until Edward parked by a staithe where a creek coiled across a salt marsh , and we all piled out .
2 The people loved the play , they loved Burbage as Hamlet , they cried for poor Ophelia 's death , and they shouted for the murderer Claudius to die .
3 Nor did he reveal any keener affinity with Schubert in the rather mechanical , plainly stated accompaniments that he provided for the mezzo Yvonne Howard .
4 He grinned , baring rabbit teeth stained brown , his eyes crinkling with laughter as he reached for the drink Nils had just poured him .
5 When he left Serbia in 1813 he joined the South Slav community in Vienna , where he came to the notice of the imperial censor for Slavonic languages as a result of an article he wrote for the newspaper Srpske Novine ( Serbian News ) .
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