Example sentences of "[vb past] to [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |