Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 2 | I made for the hotel 's main building with several other reporters when a man with an assault rifle appeared and said : ‘ Hit the floor . ’ |
| 3 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 4 | This is a campaign booklet which I prepared for the RCN 's Association of Nursing Students in 1985 ; much of it also applies to returning nurses . |
| 5 | Calmly I paid for the pod 's berth and walked away , neither too fast nor too slow . |
| 6 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 7 | I settled for the terrine du chef followed by rognons d'agneau and pommes vapeur . |
| 8 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 9 | So I reached for the senator 's hand , and thereby couched my lance to face the dragon 's fire . |
| 10 | I think for a day 's er work it 's worth assessing the three top people identified with the six outside people that I 've identified who are you know in the next division down to see how they compare . |
| 11 | Well , I think for the children 's sake , I 'm going to stay put until Christmas , but after that I 'm really going to have to try and find some sort of stability for my children . |
| 12 | Please could I ask for a moment 's silence and look to the north er we wil where we will have a dedication fly past by A-Tens of the Eighty-First Tactical Fighter Wing . |
| 13 | It is that position of fundamental weakness and poverty that forces them to apply for the Government 's student loans . |
| 14 | She paid for the Regiment 's presents each Christmas and presented them to the legionnaires . |
| 15 | Then at top speed she raced for the keeper 's cottage . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's a bargain when you consider how much protection you get for a building 's contents alone , ’ says Kelly . |
| 17 | His wife 'll be back then which is just as well — she cleans for the factor 's wife over at ‘ Il Calltuccio ’ in the mornings . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe , ’ he said , sitting on her side of the bed as she reached for a woman 's magazine , ‘ maybe I 'm gay ! ’ |
| 19 | No , do you get for a Dicken 's character ? |
| 20 | Silently she waited for the lion 's roar . |
| 21 | During the First World War she volunteered for the Women 's Reserve Ambulance and twice won the Croix de Charité for gallantry for heroic rescues in Salonica . |
| 22 | Where do we need for a Kids ' County where are we after ? |
| 23 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 24 | While we wait for the doctor 's diagnosis the patient may easily die . |
| 25 | The next day , fresh chip butties and burgers in hand , we readied for the weekend 's big attraction : a copy of a New Generation episode , not due to be shown here for months . |
| 26 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
| 27 | We ask for a plant 's eye view of life and death in a sward and hope ultimately to be able to collect these reductionist observations into statements about the population , the species or even possibly the community . |
| 28 | She 'd been with us for a year when we went for a day 's walk in the country . |
| 29 | We went for a week 's holiday at Salisbury . |
| 30 | In the summer we let the horses out on the fields and every morning we catch the horses we need for the day 's work . |