Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 2 | With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education . |
| 3 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 4 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 5 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 6 | Here is what she wrote : Beware the feline of the sea ; lest might happen to you what happened to me ; When once I booked for a short break stay , I found it impossible to get away — Seacat did not turn up to-day . |
| 7 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 8 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 9 | I arrived for the American premiere and these ghosts made no sense at all . |
| 10 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 11 | Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’ |
| 12 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 13 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 14 | It was about how to deal with a road accident and I arranged for a smashed-up car to be towed into the studio , and for actors to sprawl around , made-up to look as if they had appalling injuries . |
| 15 | When I took out my mortgage with the Halifax , I plumped for a fixed rate . |
| 16 | After I left university , I worked for a Black community project and joined a Black socialist group . |
| 17 | I worked for a photographic company |
| 18 | It 's not as if I worked for a large network news show . |
| 19 | Counc tonight it was mentioned the actual the work of the Regional Health Authority and , again , I worked for the Regional Health Authority a long time ago . |
| 20 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 21 | When I worked for the Daily Telegraph , the editor , Bill Deedes , would say that he never missed the letters column of the Guardian . |
| 22 | Later I tell C that if I worked for the Daily Star , I 'd have my story already . |
| 23 | ‘ I watched for every little sign of a rift between you both . |
| 24 | On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal . |
| 25 | In the Annual Report two years ago , I called for the careful co-ordination of export support services from both private and public sector organisations . |
| 26 | And I knew for a little while that would be true . |
| 27 | I looked for a textured effect by taking the broad tips sideways over the paper surface . |
| 28 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 29 | Lt Tim Kelly , 45 , a specialist in mobile air operations , said : ‘ I looked for a little girl who had been injured by shrapnel so I could have her winched aboard . |
| 30 | As I reached for the fallen picture he said to me , ‘ That door 's gooin' ter fall off its 'inges one of these times . ’ |