Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Yet a statement of national intent concerning the learnings planned and provided for a nation 's youth is surely a document which should be available and one which needs to be open to public criticism .
2 In this state his spirit was said to fly to the other world of spirits and there discover the cause of and cure for a person 's illness , the identity of a malefactor , or the nature of events destined to occur .
3 Hew will advise on the rent , help you find reliable tenants , take up their references , check them out financially , and ask for a month 's rent as a deposit against possible damage .
4 The horse stood as if posing for a Munning 's portrait ; black against red ; head arched .
5 They must take action and they must feel free to contact us , feel free to put their point of view across to the headmaster and to ask for a psychologist 's report .
6 While studying for a master 's degree in public health at Yale , Parker heard the director of an English needle exchange scheme speak in Boston .
7 The meeting was organised by Susan McHugh , a mother-of-two , who was sickened by the Warrington incident in which three-year-old Johnathan Ball died while shopping for a Mother 's Day present .
8 One should n't be narrow-minded when looking for a man 's weakness . ’
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