Example sentences of "john [noun prp] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goalkeeper John Lukic left for Arsenal for £100,000 but returned for £1 million . |
| 2 | As John Blair says for Lewes , ‘ the creation of a group of holdings within a convenient radius and accessible from one manorial centre must have been an act of policy by the priory or its patrons ’ . |
| 3 | In 1652 John Hilton edited for Playford a ‘ choice collection ’ , Catch that Catch can , including many pieces from Ravenscroft as well as some delightful new catches by himself , William Lawes , and others , and in the same year Playford issued Select Musical Ayres and Dialogues by Lanier , John Wilson , Henry and William Lawes , and other former Court musicians . |
| 4 | John Tyzack provided for his comfortable retirement in Oxford by selling the business to Henderson Administration , the well-known investment trust . |
| 5 | John Cole called for a transfer of resources from the rich to the poor . |
| 6 | After a while John Nienaber called for a shot of the crowd from the side-on camera . |
| 7 | John Elsley spoke for many booksellers up and down the country : ‘ Unemployment and the fear of unemployment have been a major adverse factor , during the year and particularly in the period up to Christmas . ’ |
| 8 | It had been forty-five minutes earlier when Dr Barbara Moule had parked her Fiesta at the Chesterton Hotel , finding John Ashenden waiting for her a little anxiously . |
| 9 | Mel was a permanent fixture in our 1st Division defences and , over the four seasons 1969–73 , only John Jackson appeared for us more times than he did , while his 151 1st Division games for us tell of a stalwart and dependable defender who could be relied upon in every situation . |
| 10 | The book does for harmonisation in Europe 1992 what John Wayne did for the ballet . |
| 11 | John Piggott atoned for these scenes with a cool chip around the trunk of a mighty tree behind the 16th , his son holing out for a match-winning four when a six had threatened to open the door to the Betts . |
| 12 | He was awakened just before noon by the Master of Novices who announced that a message had come from John Benstede asking for Corbett to present himself at the castle immediately . |
| 13 | It all then got rather frustrating and a little worrying as Portsmouth looked more and more dangerous ; in the seventy seventh minute Les Robertson was booked for a foul on Russell and a minute later John Beresford booked for a foul on Nogan . |
| 14 | It ca n't be denied that many players have John Mayall to thank for their career launch … |
| 15 | This leads John Mumford to seek for a new model in evangelism . |
| 16 | In the decades since , it 's been glanced at by the likes of Hal Ashby , Anthony Quinn and Jack Nicholson , before finally arriving on the desk of Blake Edwards , where a script by Cry Freedom writer John Briley jostles for space with Son Of Pink Panther . |
| 17 | John Timmons scored for the home side after 19 minutes before Jason Cook equalised just before half-time . |
| 18 | Goodman 's Thirties portraits taken in the studio often relied on specially-painted backdrops , such as John Banting produced for his work with Ker-Seymer , or echoed the classic compositional motifs pioneered by Hoyningen Huene and adapted by Wildman . |
| 19 | Wimbledon took the lead in the 16th minute when skipper John Fashanu crossed for Dean Holdsworth to head home . |
| 20 | Tory Cathedral ward representatives Jim Melville and John Candler called for the objection to be couched in the strongest terms . |
| 21 | SAILOR John Worthington went for a drink — and triggered an air-sea hunt . |
| 22 | Neil Kinnock and Paddy Ashdown both chose to be filmed — on separate days — at the Travellers ' Club in Pall Mall , while John Major opted for Downing Street once again . |
| 23 | John Major left for a tour of all friendly European countries this afternoon . |
| 24 | A BLEARY-EYED JOHN GREIG REACHES FOR A CUPPA |
| 25 | John Talbot lives for only two things — his daughter and his son . |
| 26 | Ripley , a winger with wonderful control for his size and strength , can nearly do for Blackburn what John Robertson did for Clough all those years ago . |
| 27 | STUDENT John McCoy went for a spin in his car hoping it would make him tired — and plummeted 30ft down a cliff . |
| 28 | John Lennon writes for the NF |
| 29 | The scientist who threatens to blow up London in the film John Boulting directed for Korda , Seven Days to Noon ( 1950 ) , does so in order that the whole world will be made aware of how a scientific dream had been corrupted . |
| 30 | This weekend John Elway returns for the Denver Broncos after a three-week shoulder injury ; the Houston Oilers fight for a play-off place without Warren Moon and his broken arm ; and Joe Montana is due back in San Francisco 49ers ' uniform after two years of elbow trouble . |