Example sentences of "in [art] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.

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1 The old cow at the counter popped them in the microwave to warm them for him .
2 The right hon. Gentleman has done a great deal during his period in the House for disabled people and everyone in the House admires him for what he has done , but he must know that there have been dramatic improvements in recent years in the scope , range and value of benefits and in the number of disabled people who receive them .
3 There 's too much to be done in the garden to leave it for a week or more .
4 Thus our falling plasma adrenalin and body temperature in the evening prepare us for sleep by toning us down , just as rising values from 5 o'clock in the morning onwards prepare us for the rigours of a new day .
5 We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner .
6 Manners retorted that this had taken place in February and Palmerston was in no position to criticize him for acting independently as he had heard that Palmerston himself had instructed the architect to prepare designs in a different style without consulting the House .
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