Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 2 | It was too tempting a target , and the Zeppelin aimed for it with the last of its deadly cargo , but this time , they overshot the mark . |
| 3 | They found Carrington and Grant waiting for them in the saloon . |
| 4 | They hardly expected to see the BMW waiting for them at the dockside , but after they had parked the car and got the ticket , they began to look at their watches , and each other . |
| 5 | For example in Les heureux époux and Silène ( book 2 ) , whose airs were lifted from Danchet and Campra 's censored ballet Les amours de Venus ( 1712 ) , the composer routinely set almost all the new recitatives Danchet wrote for them in the mode opposite to that of the air they precede , although there is no affective call for this . |
| 6 | What did the FA do for us with the Stuttgart incident last year ? |
| 7 | With Alan Leonard leading for him in the pairs semi-final , Graham got off to a 6-0 lead after five ends but Talbot and Nutt came storming back to open a 12-8 lead after 15 ends and after that never really looked like losing . |
| 8 | But his baptism , administered to him by another , sealing physically upon him the objectiveness of what Christ did for him on the cross , that was indeed a ground of assurance . |
| 9 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 10 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 11 | He envied Boxer Sullivan waiting for him in the farmhouse , as like as not with a bottle of beer in front of him or at the very least a cup of tea . |
| 12 | After Charlie had finished dressing , he found Sal and Kitty waiting for him by the front door , but he refused to allow them to accompany him to the station , despite their tearful protest . |