Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a week later I was noticed by a scout and engaged for a pantomime in Manchester , to play the Princess in Jack and the Beanstalk . |
| 2 | Entertainment was in the capable hands of instrument mechanic Dennis Brown , who acted as compere and arranged for a guest appearance by Blackpool duo Rendezvous . |
| 3 | Then Bunny , battling his way against the flow of the children , appeared in the hall and halted for a moment , the belt of his mackintosh undone , looking up at the windows of the rehearsal room . |
| 4 | The Hindu rightwing Bharatiya Janata party yesterday condemned the massacre and called for a strike in Patiala today in protest against what a party spokesman in New Delhi described as ‘ criminal neglect by the administration to protect innocent people ’ . |
| 5 | When he least needed a vote of no confidence , Leighton was sensationally dropped from Manchester United 's 1990 Cup Final replay team and punished for a slump in form during a suspect season in front of a United defence that bordered on the arthritic . |
| 6 | Mr Khasbulatov accused the president of attempting a coup and called for an emergency session of the Congress to dismiss him . |
| 7 | His early education came chiefly from his father , but in 1856 he enrolled at the Royal College of Chemistry and studied for a year under A. W. von Hoffmann , before becoming assistant chemist to J. T. Way at the Royal Agricultural Society . |
| 8 | After he had gone , I packed my own cases , checked the drawers and cupboards of our room and called for a porter . |
| 9 | Or try an Accommodation Package as arranged for a visit to Edinburgh during the Festival which includes a visit to the Edinburgh Tattoo . |
| 10 | Drawing the wallet from his pocket , he separated the one of Breakspear from the rest and studied for a moment the view of the college it presented . |
| 11 | We decided to halt the nonsense and stopped for a sandwich on a picturesque rocky outcrop that provided views east and west along the glen , and over to spectacular Knoydart . |
| 12 | When they heard the news they issued statements : Nkrumah demanded the recall of the Governor and called for a Constituent Assembly . |
| 13 | They announced plans for its complete redevelopment and applied for a certificate of immunity of listing . |
| 14 | The Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) has added its weight to the lobby for an environmentally friendly national transport policy and called for a series of measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 15 | Opposition groups in exile had rejected the terms of the Constitution and called for a boycott . |
| 16 | At Art College , she 'd had a friend whose catch phrase when asked for a date , was : How about next July , I seem to have a Wednesday free . |
| 17 | Mr Sowerberry rubbed his chin and thought for a while . |
| 18 | Geraldine sat on the bed and thought for a moment . |
| 19 | Then he and Rabscuttle went secretly down one of their few holes where there was no water , put a sentry outside and thought and talked for a day and a night . |
| 20 | The propertied classes rallied to the government and called for a halt to all disturbances . |
| 21 | But information may be treated by the speaker as given for a variety of other reasons . |
| 22 | It was a tidy , precious little room , from the polished linoleum floor to the filled bookcase of works in English and Russian , from the glass-shined pictures of distant landscapes to the square table covered by plastic cloth and laid for a meal . |
| 23 | 25–9–1897 The Session had under consideration the subject of having a half yearly Communion and arranged for a service on 7th November . |
| 24 | But the qualifications were elastic ; anyone who could ‘ live without manuell labour , and thereto is able and will beare the port , charge , and countenance of a gentleman , he shall for monie haue a cote and armes bestowed vpon him by heralds and therevnto being made so good cheape be called master and reputed for a gentleman euer after ’ . |
| 25 | The two largest union federations , Turk-Is and Hak-Is , which organized the strike , demanded an increase of 500 per cent in workers ' pay and called for an end to restrictive labour laws . |
| 26 | Earlier , avoiding Matey 's compressed lips , he had picked up the whisky bottle and reached for a glass — anything , so long as he achieved oblivion , surcease from pain — and then he had heard her voice again , in the corridor at the church hall , mockingly telling him to retreat to it . |
| 27 | In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case . |
| 28 | In both cases students and colleagues of those detained have campaigned vigorously for their release and called for a removal of the intellectual straightjacket , but without success . |
| 29 | Robert , on her right , cleared his throat and thought for a moment before , looking from the silver basket of white flowers in the middle of the table , he said : " Your Christmas roses are wonderful . |
| 30 | He had looked at his wife 's unguarded face and forgotten for a moment that life was a deadly game in which you had to keep your cards close to your chest and your back to the wall , your eyes open and your nose clean in order not to end up in the gutter with your hat in your hand . |