Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had no hope of doing that unless the occupants of the Renault stopped somewhere for the night . |
| 2 | Deuce slipped away for the drink . |
| 3 | Charlotte Fischer , Emma Sokell and Sarah Spittle ran both for the College and the University Blues Team , and Vicki Edwards and Katherine Walker played for the University Women 's Tennis Team . |
| 4 | Reflecting that the librarian 's opinion of academics was about as low as hers of journalists , Loretta asked politely for the current Who 's Who . |
| 5 | Although Liphook strove hard for the equaliser , they were unable to take advantage of the many opportunities created . |
| 6 | ‘ Never needed one , ’ the beautiful barmaid explained , as Cornelius settled up for the bread and board . |
| 7 | The CNGSB called instead for the establishment of 192 wider assembly areas , and for freedom of movement for all CNGSB members whether or not they were subject to arrest orders . |
| 8 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 9 | Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral . |
| 10 | And in the 72nd minute Distillery keeper Collins pawed the ball away on the goal-line as Gardiner raced in for the kill . |
| 11 | When the Watermen closed its doors , Connor locked up for the night and made his way upstairs . |
| 12 | When the rest of the crowd turned out at closing time and headed for the Floral Gardens with their carry-outs , Tich bedded down for the night in the public lavatory on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 13 | In theory the whole thing is supposed to find some coherence in the text , which William Gibson wrote specially for the show . |
| 14 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 15 | No-one could be spared to get fresh cots , so these men from farthest Arran and the Rhondda Valley sat up for the rest of the night with a brown baby under each arm . |
| 16 | LVMH added £30m to the £246m pre-tax profits Guinness announced yesterday for the period to 30 June , when only a 16 per cent stake was accounted for . |
| 17 | Gary Lund raced in for the rebound but Marker turned the ball round the post . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's being Christian again , ’ said Camille , and she and Sam giggled intermittently for the rest of the evening . |
| 19 | Last spring , Lorna signed up for the fortnight 's training course , and was allocated a large portion of the Glasgow and Clyde area , with 12,000 potential customers . |
| 20 | When Midland Amalgamated headhunted him for the MD 's job at Pringle 's they offered him a Rover 3500 Vanden Plas , but Vic stuck out for the Jaguar , a car normally reserved for divisional chairmen , and to his great satisfaction he had got one , even though it was n't quite new . |
| 21 | Let's have a realistic attitude : Batty went there for the money . |
| 22 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 23 | BBC closed down for the rest of the day , except for news . ’ |
| 24 | Jean-Charles Larran danced through for the opening try which Bellot converted . |
| 25 | But they were unable to make it to the Lincolnshire course and leading northern jockey Peter Niven stepped in for the ride . |
| 26 | The Iliad went in for the triumvirate in the Ladbroke of 1991 at Leopardstown and then the biggest success of all came at Cheltenham where Destriero was supposed to have landed a gamble of over £1m in taking the Supreme Novices Hurdle . |
| 27 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 28 | Jazz reached out for the photograph and held it , examining it closely . |
| 29 | Jezrael looked obliquely for the rest of her squad . |
| 30 | Holmes went out for the morning , but he came back at lunch-time . |