Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This was the start of the parrot legend which stuck to me for the rest of my career .
2 Coming to the end of his account , he remembered the fate of the mason-overseer , Khaemhet , held responsible for the security of the prisoners deputed to him for the journey from the granite quarries to the Southern Capital .
3 All that mattered to him for the moment was the feel of the bedsheets angling Golden Girl northward .
4 We kept to ourselves for the rest of the day , taking food from the buttery and retiring early for we were both still exhausted after our journey from England .
5 We kissed goodnight , and I again apologised to her for the fright she had .
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