Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allowed to choose her hairdresser , Carole Ann Ford plumped for an up-and-coming young stylist she had known and visited for some time named Vidal Sassoon . |
| 2 | Unwisely Spain intrigued for an anti-British coalition as she intrigued for an anti-American coalition in 1898 ; as Wellington observed , Spain acted ‘ as if Europe were at her feet ’ . |
| 3 | On December 12th Mr Vicari called for an extraordinary general meeting to clear up the uncertainty over the firm 's future . |
| 4 | Today in the Commons the Tory MP and spy writer , Rupert Allason called for an immediate investigation into the latest findings . |
| 5 | ‘ Last year the Yorkshire committee paid for an extensive coaching programme for six weeks to help youngsters in the area who were predominantly of Pakistani and Indian background . |
| 6 | Pressure on Labour increased yesterday with the Lib Dems and the SNP jointly signing a Commons motion calling for an immediate meeting of opposition leaders to discuss Mr Christie 's scheme . |
| 7 | In a press conference held after the final meeting on Sept. 10 Hun Sen called for an immediate ceasefire in Cambodia . |
| 8 | Solanki 's resignation , the first by a member of the current government , led opposition parties in the Lok Sabha to call for an immediate motion of censure against the government . |
| 9 | Nevertheless separate meetings which President Vassiliou and Denktash held with the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , on Nov. 29 and Dec. 4 , 1989 , resulted in both sides accepting an invitation from Pérez de Cuéllar to meet for an indefinite period in search of an agreement , starting on Feb. 26 , 1990 . |
| 10 | Billy English stood for an English clan wider than his immediate family . |
| 11 | Search for Britain 's political vision William Wallace calls for an imaginative response from Westminster to the events which are changing Europe 's landscape . |
| 12 | On May 2 the office of the Pacific Islands news service , Pacnews , was ordered to close and two West Germans working for an associated training programme were expelled from Fiji [ see also p. 36700 ] . |
| 13 | French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas arrived for an official visit on Nov. 22 . |
| 14 | The AIBS Refugee Office has written to Kenneth Clarke and Junior Home Office Minister Charles Wardle calling for an early meeting to discuss its concerns over the content of the new Asylum Bill . |