Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun prp] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | President dos Santos appealed for the UN to stay on for two or three months after the elections . |
| 2 | But yesterday he happily grasped the handles of her frilly carrycot as the Stewarts set off for Los Angeles . |
| 3 | They had no hope of doing that unless the occupants of the Renault stopped somewhere for the night . |
| 4 | We ate the fish and polished off some cider while we watched the bombers blasting Caen , the British guns along the Orne joining in for good measure . |
| 5 | One of the village pubs , the Cherry Tree still has mementos of festivities at the well ; including a vial of well water mixed with river-water from the Ganges brought over for centenary celebrations in 1964 . |