Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family have previously written to former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker asking for information , but were left none the wiser . |
| 2 | Seven people were reported killed after police fired on protesters in West Bengal calling for the arrest of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh officially estimated to total 100,000 . |
| 3 | Oh look , it 's Richard Branson going for another record in his big balloon — go on , bomb the bearded bigwig ! |
| 4 | ( All but Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Barker playing for Henley ) . |
| 5 | A group representing families of the British victims marked the anniversary by handing in a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for a public inquiry . |
| 6 | Thirty children delivered a petition to Downing Street pleading for the Kenton Ward at St Bartholomew 's Hospital , London . |
| 7 | now one of the most exciting contests of the weekend will have a Gloucestershire lad called Richard Mainwaring challenging for a world title … his sport … his life makes up our Friday Feature |
| 8 | I imagined Gregory Peck running for cover in that spooky cemetery in The Omen . |
| 9 | Ipswich ( Div 2 , top ) should be unchanged , with defender Whelan deputising for Linighan , who will have an exploratory knee operation . |
| 10 | He envied Boxer Sullivan waiting for him in the farmhouse , as like as not with a bottle of beer in front of him or at the very least a cup of tea . |
| 11 | He remembers when he first came across seventeen-year-old Jean Shrimpton posing for a Kelloggs ad with his friend Brian Duffy . |
| 12 | Ireland opened with a team that had Patrick Johns and Malone 's Dennis McBride propping for Jonathan Garth while scrum-half Alain Rolland linked with Eric Elwood , Richard Wallace and Vincent Cunningham in the backs . |
| 13 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 14 | HELENS RECS , who also make one change with Neil Aconley returning for David Eccles . |
| 15 | I immediately wrote to Colonel Sandford asking for his help in collecting my caravan , and he promised to do whatever he could . |
| 16 | ‘ I can just see that Kim Bassinger falling for you , ’ I told him . |
| 17 | Our factsheet Will Making for Homeowners gives additional information , but there is no substitute for a solicitor 's reassurance on matters such as this . |
| 18 | In the '60s Scottish football was awash with stories of ‘ scouts ’ — the often unpaid enthusiasts who scoured the pitches of school-boy Scotland looking for the next generation of international talent . |
| 19 | With Monzer al-Kassar and Rifat Assad fronting for the group in Europe , it fell to Kenaan , as the man on the spot , to supervise the supply end of the business , to keep the Bekaa peaceful and productive , to suppress dissent , discourage private enterprise and mediate disputes . |
| 20 | He will be one of a number of players in Mike Gatting 's disapproved touring team to South Africa hoping for a reprieve from their ban when the ICC meet this July . |
| 21 | Gwendolen Truda Brock ( Sister Truda C. R. ) who spent 1927–8 at Somerville as a research student from South Africa working for her Zoology D. Phil under Professor Goodrich has been made an Honorary Doctor of Laws of Rhodes University . |
| 22 | Washington was divided , with the national security adviser , Zbigniew Brezinski arguing for a crackdown , and the secretary of state , Cyrus Vancel , urging restraint . |
| 23 | With Alan Leonard leading for him in the pairs semi-final , Graham got off to a 6-0 lead after five ends but Talbot and Nutt came storming back to open a 12-8 lead after 15 ends and after that never really looked like losing . |
| 24 | And for the benefit of those readers who are persuaded by his arguments ( and those who are not , too ) , may I refer you to a letter from Simon Kyte appealing for financial and professional help for the Humanitarian Appeal for Victims of the Yugoslav Civil War . |
| 25 | Sold in the Gutmann sale , Sotheby 's , 2 April , for the lower estimate of £150,000 ( $225,000 ) to dealer Christopher Gibbs acting for a private client |
| 26 | With four other committee members he has written to Darlington MP Michael Fallon and Labour candidate Alan Milburn asking for their intervention . |
| 27 | we did have a winner at the weekend … young chap by the name of Nigel Mansell driving for the Oxfordshire based Williams team went and won the South African Grand Prix |
| 28 | Time now for a recap of tonight 's main headlines with Karen Fraser interpreting for the deaf . |
| 29 | Murray was summoned to appear before it in the spring of 1913 , but by then he was in South America acting for Lord Cowdray . |
| 30 | When Callahan heard that Hornbaker was on his way , he was as jumpy as Gary Cooper waiting for Frank Miller and his gang to ride into town in High Noon . |