Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | His greatest wall had been built when Mr Fractor came to look for a book on logarithms . |
| 2 | He also appeared to call for a referendum on Maastricht — against Government policy . |
| 3 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to fight for a place on a packed plane and , after much pleading , they finally knocked someone off their list . |
| 5 | ( George McCluskey had to settle for a place on the bench , which opened the door for Tom Brown , who just a few months ago was playing Junior football with Glenafton . |
| 6 | He overbore Neville Chamberlain and the others who still wanted to ride for a fall on a bold safeguarding policy . |