Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeming signalled for the pad and took it from Duncan . |
| 2 | Lucy paid for the coffee and the rolls full of ham and cheese . |
| 3 | Donna paid for the teas and the two women walked out to the Fiesta and got in . |
| 4 | Tam paid for the drinks and they walked across to a table by the door . |
| 5 | Barlow confessed : ‘ Mo called for the ball and put me in two minds . |
| 6 | Hitch reached for the binoculars and peered through them . |
| 7 | Giles reached for the wine and emptied the rest of it into their glasses . |
| 8 | Pottz drove for the peak and was winched irresistibly upwards . |
| 9 | Neither Willaert nor Rore composed for the keyboard though their works were often published in lute or keyboard transcription . |
| 10 | Cameron watched for the effect or this on the sawyer 's face . |
| 11 | In the Persian Wars , however , the Boiotian League had evidently not ordered a general policy , because Plataia and Thespiai fought for the Greeks whereas Thebes medised , a stain she was never to wipe out . |
| 12 | MacKinnon J. found for the defendant and his decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeal ( Greer and Greene L.JJ. , Talbot J. ) . |
| 13 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 14 | Murray reached for the mop but Richard pulled it away and squeezed it out in the bucket as he had seen the maids do . |
| 15 | Megarry VC found for the plaintiff and he said that four elements were necessary in testing for confidential quality : 1 . |
| 16 | While Annie put on her cloak and bonnet , Jonadab called for the pony and trap to be brought round to the door . |
| 17 | Susan reached for the doorhandle and found only smooth upholstery . |
| 18 | Tim dived for the book and deposited it , drenched and dripping , at Pamela 's feet . |
| 19 | In a rare sortie into Services territory , Agnew crossed for the Police and Lee converted to supplement an earlier penalty goal by Wills . |
| 20 | Frantically Brown scrabbled for the phone that would connect his with his Special Agent in Kensington . |
| 21 | A program knowing something about people 's typical behaviour in restaurants is able to infer ( without needing to be explicitly told ) that if John asked for the bill and then left , he probably paid the bill before leaving . |
| 22 | This was the situation which Morgan described for the Iroquois when several tribes get together , not any more on the basis of kinship or marriage , but on the basis of confederacy . |
| 23 | Hardy produced a pack of cards and , after dividing Gleeson 's box between them , he and Laurel played for the cigarettes as the van lurched and swayed away from the court , through the town centre and out to H.M. |
| 24 | But is a young player like Harriet prepared for the gamesmanship and all out psychological warfare that appears to accompany chess masters at the highest level . |
| 25 | An embarrassed Ford apologised for the blunder and announced that The Fugitive will be premiered in Britain on September 23 . |
| 26 | At an extraordinary session of the Diet , which opened on Oct. 30 , Prime Minister Miyazawa apologised for the scandal and promised to seek political reforms designed to reduce the influence of money within the Japanese political system . |