Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | In 1967 , a progressive candidate , backed by the Communist Party , won the elections , but again the military fraudulently imposed their own candidate , The PCS split , with Salvador Cayetano Carpio opting for armed struggle . |
| 32 | He wrote to the Lord Treasurer Rochester begging for appointment to Exeter in preference to Bristol , as the bishopric of Exeter yielded better stipends with which to pay off family debts . |
| 33 | He blasted MPs like Bryan Gould calling for a vote with Tory rebels against Maastricht . |
| 34 | You can spot the modern first edition collector : it is he who sifts assiduously through a pile of the new Martin Amis searching for the copy whose corner is not bumped , only to reject it because the alignment of the dust-wrapper ( not jacket ) on the spine is very slightly askew — but he does n't want that copy either because of the biro indentation on the lamination , and the nineteenth copy would have been OK had the rear cover not been soiled . |
| 35 | On the following day the Supreme Council issued appeals to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov asking for " benevolent understanding " and recognition of Lithuania 's independence by the Soviet Union and for those appeals to be regarded as an official proposal to begin negotiations to settle all issues connected with the restoration of that independence . |
| 36 | DAMON Hill aims for a hat-trick of victories in today 's Italian Grand Prix at Monza — and keep Williams team-mate Alain Prost waiting for the world championship crown . |
| 37 | I feel a bit naughty to tell the truth , going off like that and leaving Mr Jackson waiting for me . |
| 38 | The organisation said it was ‘ astonishing ’ that it was still regarded as a slur for a person to be described as gay , and delivered a letter to Mr Donovan calling for his support in their campaign for the ‘ enactment of legislation for lesbian and gay equality ’ . |
| 39 | delivered a letter to Mr Donovan calling for his support in their campaign for the ‘ enactment of legislation for lesbian and gay equality ’ . |
| 40 | Both of the Bohemian 's goals were scored by John Anderson with Kevin Messenger and Robert McDowell replying for the Celtic . |
| 41 | This jogging last-of-the-summer-wine single sees singer Jarvis apologising for an imagined ( we hope ) boyhood affair . |
| 42 | The days are long and difficult for 62 year old Fred Robson waiting for vital heart surgery . |
| 43 | One can imagine Paddy Ashdown opting for the great outdoors where a man can dream of the balance of power while doing something environmentally friendly in a boat . |
| 44 | In May 1990 Cape Verde joined the International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) in a move designed to encourage investment from the estimated 600,000 expatriate Cape Verdeans living for the most part in the USA and Europe . |
| 45 | Trustees representing substantial family interests have written to Sir Derek asking for the board to be replaced or supplemented by new directors . |
| 46 | Trustees representing substantial Ferranti family interests wrote to Sir Derek asking for the board to be replaced or supplemented by new directors . |
| 47 | The bottom club have Nigel Ogden and Martin Ruane returning for Joe Bird and Ian Robson . |
| 48 | I remember Kenny Burns playing for us ( still with hand bandage I believe ) . |
| 49 | By October 1987 the indebtedness was over £154,000 and in November formal demand was served on Mr. O'Brien calling for payment pursuant to the guarantee . |
| 50 | The housewarming dinner was arranged for Sunday 23 July 1797 , and on the day before , Coleridge scribbled a hasty , high-spirited note to Tom Poole asking for a promised fore quarter of lamb to be sent over to ‘ the Foxes ’ in the morning . |
| 51 | The two men also have been at odds over Israel 's Middle East policy , with Mr Levy pushing for greater flexibility in talks with the Arabs and against straining relations with the United States . |
| 52 | In the 1950s Willie had watched Ben Hogan practising for the Open , and he had promised himself he was going to carry for someone like him . |
| 53 | A letter from J. Emslie asking for information re the implementation of the scheme . |
| 54 | She could hear Mrs Lorimer shouting for her favourite lodger , then she heard her say in a loud voice , ‘ It 's a woman . |
| 55 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 56 | Just look at some of the details of other matches that were played today ; Oxford United Abingdon United , I 'm sorry , Abingdon United nil , Chesham three ; that 's in the Berks and Bucks Senior Cup second round ; goals for Chesham after eight minutes , that was Mickey Bampton , twenty five minutes Mark Dauber and eighty minutes Byron Walton scoring for Chesham ; so Abingdon United nil , Chesham three . |
| 57 | Most of this migration took place along colonial lines — Argentinians such as Alfredo Di Stefano playing for Real Madrid in Spain , Eusebio of Mozambique playing in Portugal for Benfica . |
| 58 | That is why the IAEA approached France and the United Kingdom asking for assistance in removing the material and making it safe in specialised facilities . |
| 59 | POLICE are still trying to trace the driver of a car involved in an accident which left 19-year-old Catherine Moore fighting for life . |
| 60 | She had told him a lie about Auntie Lou going for a walk up the mountain and Auntie Lou did n't know what she 'd said . |