Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason . |
| 2 | Sir John Harington relates , however , how ‘ he would walk at certain hours in one of the aisles of St Paul 's , that if any came to him for spiritual advice and comfort ( as some did though not many ) he might impart it to them ’ . |
| 3 | His offence against those who came to him for medical help was less easy to punish . |
| 4 | ‘ We had builders here for six months before we moved in , and then lived with them for another year , ’ says Sally , who was not only busy with their two young daughters , but was also running a full-time interior decoration business in Cirencester . |
| 5 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 6 | She had to salvage her pride , forsake forever the tenderness that ached within her for this man … |
| 7 | I looked toward him for some answer to my curiosity but his eyes were expressionless . |
| 8 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 9 | First they looked to it for some confirmation that the general principles of history which they saw at work in capitalism had always been operative . |
| 10 | He looked around him for some sort of weapon , backing off as Duvall walked slowly towards him . |
| 11 | I looked up the name of my shop steward — Chris Pike — in a recent union bulletin , wrote to him for further information and he invited me up to the Branch Office . |
| 12 | I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover . |