Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal . |
| 2 | She said where 's that fucking Tara she gone for a fucking blow again and they 're all laughing and she said what are you fucking bastards laughing at and there 's Tara there with tears down her face Tara tried to tell her she fell off the chair well that was it . |
| 3 | On I May he left for a Mediterranean cruise in the vain hope that this might cause an improvement . |
| 4 | She has two sons , both married with families , who live at some distance , and an older sister living in Brighton who cares for a disabled husband . |
| 5 | spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . |
| 6 | The French objective was spelled out more clearly in November by Couve de Murville who argued for a complete overhaul of the Community institutions , in effect implying a revision of the heart of Rome . |
| 7 | At the beginning of August he left for a two and a half months ' rest at sequestered Welsh and English houses . |
| 8 | Bonar Law was prepared to make the right noises — in 1913 at Manchester he called for a positive social policy in Disraelian lines for " the swing of the pendulum is not enough " , but he would give no more active support . |
| 9 | In the RAF he played for a representative Welsh side with a famous senior International , Bleddyn Williams . |
| 10 | The detainees had been among 115 signatories of an open letter to Siyad Barre which called for a negotiated end to civil war , respect for human and civil rights , and multiparty elections . |
| 11 | In April it called for a three-tier market , including an international equity market made up of the top 350 companies , a national market for most of the remaining companies listed on the Official List and the USM , and an enterprise market with minimum requirements for those companies not on the Official List , the intention being that those companies in the enterprise market should comprise higher risk operations . |
| 12 | He also describes the failsafe footrest and says it is required , then states the details of the relevant BS which calls for a full plate footrest . |