Example sentences of "[vb past] for [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 3 September they met for dinner at the Day 's Inn on Jeff Davis Highway in Crystal City , Virginia . |
| 2 | Yet other Douglas robber barons continued to indulge in their own intrigues against king and country , in the ‘ almost aimless treachery ’ , as Andrew Lang describes it , which ‘ endured for centuries from the reign of David II to that of James VI ’ . |
| 3 | Banks that lent for property at the top of the market would be wrong to bail out near the bottom |
| 4 | ‘ To begin with , I worked for the family , pushing the churns round the streets on the milk-cart , but then I got too old for that , and I applied for work with the Dock workers Guild at Jubilee Wharf . ’ |
| 5 | Further honours awaited him at Bologna , where he applied for membership of the Accademia Filarmonica . |
| 6 | Particular controversy surrounded the disability scheme , known as WAO , under which 900,000 people ( or more than twice the number of unemployed ) , who were classified as too disabled to work , received 70 per cent of their last salary until they qualified for receipt of the state pension at 65 . |
| 7 | Forty patients who qualified for admission to the study ( Tables I and II ) were randomly assigned to receive either omeprazole ( 20 mg twice daily ) ( Antra , Astra Chemicals , Wedel/Holstein , Germany ) before meals and amoxicillin suspension ( 500 mg four times daily ) ( Amoxypen suspension , Grünenthal , Stolberg , Germany ) before meals and at bedtime for two weeks ( group I ) or bismuth subsalicylate ( 600 mg three times daily ) ( Jatrox , Röhm Pharma , Weiterstadt , Germany ) before meale , metronidazole ( 400 mg three times daily ) ( Clont 400 , Bayer , Leverkusen , Germany ) and tetracycline ( 500 mg three times daily ) ( Hostacylkin 500 , Hoechst , Frankfurt , Germany ) after meals , and ranitidine ( 300 mg at night ) for two weeks ( group II ) . |
| 8 | What passed for reality on the discworld reasserted itself with a rush of sound . |
| 9 | In the meantime , Improv has been ported to Microsoft Corp 's Windows 3.1 , slated for release by the end of the year . |
| 10 | The government retained a minority share in the Sicartsa rolled steel mills which sold for $170,000,000 to the Villacero Group , while Grupo Acerero del Norte bought Altos Hornos de Mexico for $350,000,000 and took over $350,000,000 of its debt . |
| 11 | A more prurient depiction of childhood was Bouguereau 's ‘ Retour des Champs ’ , of a tousled-haired girl carrying a bundle of what seems to be herbs , which sold for $180,000 to the trade ( £103,400 ) ( est. $100–150,000 ) . |
| 12 | Breaking the five-figure mark again , he sold for 10,800gn to the judge , Roger Hazard , Grantham , Lincolnshire . |
| 13 | He had felt the power of his position when he had taken a bottle to the room of any major and propositioned for information on the talk in the mess when he , the KGB 's ears , was not present . |
| 14 | The anti-Dickson camp chortled for hours in the bar about how the boy ‘ spat the dummy ’ . |
| 15 | To her relief , Elinor was not slumped on the floor ; deathly white , she clung for support to the silver brocade hangings of her bed . |
| 16 | They asked for money for the child 's family . |
| 17 | ‘ We asked for permission during the day and could n't get it , ’ Vincent protested . |
| 18 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 19 | He asked for prayer about the journey to Jerusalem , knowing the tensions that existed between the Christians who had been of the Jewish faith , and those who were converted Gentiles . |
| 20 | Thank you Chairman , last environment committee er , you asked for updates on the position of the service , these are the last years I have managed to inspect the reports the service . |
| 21 | Putting aside what does not concern us here , cases where the petitioner asked for redress against the King himself , we may note two kinds of cases where this extraordinary relief is asked for : |
| 22 | We took it up with the Education Officer who asked for information about the family . |
| 23 | The conditions were deliberately vague and even asked for suggestions regarding the siting of Westminster Bridge , although some work had already been carried out towards rebuilding the bridge on its existing site . |
| 24 | Four times Rab arose for visits to the closet : endured the smell , the cold , the rats , the protest of his tortured anus . |
| 25 | Mr Brown argued for changes to the tax system so that it assisted people who undertook training , and for new incentives for companies which upgraded staff skills . |
| 26 | Jessica , a petite blonde with the voice of an angel , was most kind , considerate and friendly ; we posed for photos with the director and announcer . |
| 27 | I enclose the completed form that you mentioned for hire of the school classroom for Parish Council meetings . |
| 28 | A docker was never sure what to expect when he reported for work in the morning . |
| 29 | However , when she disappeared into the powder room at the hotel where they stopped for lunch on the way back to London and Dunbar went off to book a table in the restaurant , he and Aubrey had a moment alone together . |
| 30 | Ruth drove on to Puerto de Sóller where she stopped for refreshment on the seafront where trams rumbled behind her . |