Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [pers pn] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every penny he was paying he was having grant for it from the government Aye . |
| 2 | While Mr David Waddington does not intend to use his office to promote capital punishment , and will maintain the tradition of a free vote for MPs , his intervention in a renewed debate would provide the most passionate support for it from the Government front bench since it was abolished in 1965 . |
| 3 | In 1696 Lowther of Lowther , tired of contesting elections , employed his cousin to seek a viscountcy for him from the king . |
| 4 | We choose the most likely meaning for it from the text . |
| 5 | We choose the most likely meaning for it from the world , and in this case the meaning is contextual . |
| 6 | Shall I arrange a taxi for you from the station ? |
| 7 | He said he had a message for me from the Duke of Strelsau . |
| 8 | The nursing home to which her husband has her committed after her eccentricity has become dangerous , and from which she and the other residents are eventually ejected to be cared for by an amorphous ‘ community ’ , might have been lying in wait for her from the day she was born . |
| 9 | ‘ He looks fitter , sleeker , and better , ’ Robson said , ‘ and we just hope he can score a goal for us from the wing . |
| 10 | We were invited to Stuart Johnston 's retirement party in the English Department ( Stuart met us off the ship when we first arrived in NZ , in 1969 ) ; but Val did n't make the party as she tripped in a gutter and pulled her ankle ( she got free treatment for it from the doctor , thanks to NZ 's Accident Compensation scheme ! ) . |