Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Return to The Hague early evening or stay in Amsterdam for dinner . |
| 2 | When he was a child , an artist visited his school — he happened to be a musician — and left behind him an impression of a man very clearly committed to his chosen subject , and a feeling of passion for doing something you really want to do , that stayed with Paul for years until he finally decided to become a photographer . |
| 3 | They put their trust in a military solution to right the wrong that had been done in 1688 , and looked to France for help . |
| 4 | Up until then , the Mason , who had jumped from in front of the stage on to it , had gibbered indecisively and looked to Garvey for salvation . |
| 5 | It has been tough going , finding out things about myself which were buried deep but with ministry from the leaders and looking to God for answers I believe he has healed not only my drug problem but has cleansed me from sin so that I feel clean . |
| 6 | Some of their old fears of a Kurdish entity in Iraq faded when they were contemplating only a ‘ protected ’ enclave , taking in Kurdish towns and villages , and turning to Turkey for succour . |
| 7 | In the first years of the twenties Boulestin had been dabbling , in a small way , in picture dealing , starting off promisingly with a Modigliani bought in Paris for £12 and sold in London for £90 . |
| 8 | They were purchased , cleaned up , and barged to Hawaii for use as targets . |
| 9 | At one point I ask him if travelling through Africa for Pole to Pole was disturbing . |
| 10 | Last birthday there had been a card from Gerry , written on shore leave and left with Mary for posting , yet now she was a woman alone . |
| 11 | Wilkinson finally responded to the pleading of the crowd and sent on Cantona for Wallace with only six minutes remaining . |
| 12 | Four Japanese specialists will be sent to help train management and staff , but graduates and other workers will be recruited locally and sent to Japan for training as necessary . |
| 13 | But I was brought to trial again , and sent to Australia for life . ’ |
| 14 | Never late Jo is , half-past eight sharp like a bloody train steaming up and come on Maggie for Christ 's sake they close the nursery doors at nine you should know that by now . |
| 15 | The cup was presented to Wood Group Haven , but retained at Sony for display and safe keeping . |
| 16 | AUSTRALIAN lock forward TROY COKER faces a very difficult dilemma : whether to come to London for Harlequins ’ Pilkington Cup final on 2nd May or whether to play for his province Queensland against Auckland in the Super Six competition . |
| 17 | But the deep grammatical structure of language , as revealed by Chomsky for instance , is not susceptible to criticism in quite the same way . |