Example sentences of "[verb] for [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 2 | After attempting to speak to his ex-girl friend on the telephone and finding she was out he decided to have another drink , and then started to think about taking some tablets which his GP had prescribed for him at the time when his girl friend had left him . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll knock for you at eight for dinner . |
| 4 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 5 | Judge for yourself at Stanley Central Club on Sunday April 5 or Ayresome Quoits Club , Middlesbrough on Saturday April 11 . |
| 6 | After the winner I rode for him at York . ’ |
| 7 | Sandy then asked me if I 'd like to carry for him at Walton Heath for the Cup . |
| 8 | All change for them at Crewe . |
| 9 | I shall only be able to weep for him at night , after Enid has fallen asleep . |
| 10 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 11 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 12 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 13 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 14 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 15 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 16 | Zach told her his age , which was nine , and spelt out his name , apologizing for it at the same time . |
| 17 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 18 | I thought er that God wanted me to be a doctor and I did n't have a place to go to , I took my A levels having had five chances of places to be a doctor and everybody saying no , we do n't want you and erm I had everybody praying for me at church and quite miraculously at the end of the August , when I should start in the September , I had a phone call at half past ten at night from a surgeon at the London Hospital asking me to go for an interview the next day . |
| 19 | Did the union act for you at this particular time then ? |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't fall for him at once , ’ says Hilary . |
| 21 | Professor Fritz Eloff , the President of the powerful Northern Transvaal Union and Craven 's vice president for 20 years , substituted for him at IRB meetings abroad when Craven 's failing health repeatedly prevented him from attending . |
| 22 | She promises to come for him at noon . |
| 23 | The Handbook of Over-the-Counter Medicines compiled by Mike Smith ( Kyle Cathie , £6.99 ) lists all sorts of nasty afflictions , from acne to worms , and what you can buy for them at the chemist 's . |
| 24 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 25 | Price : £108,994 0–60mph : 6.5secs 30–70mph : 6.1secs 30–50 in 4th : 2.4secs Top Speed : 143mph Overall MPG : 15.1 Citation : For putting the fight back into Bentley and creating a form of transport that wants for nothing at all |
| 26 | SHe had no desire to discover for hirself at what point serious physical injury might occur . |
| 27 | The girl was glued to the spot , terror-struck , pop-eyed , quivering , knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last . |
| 28 | I wonder if it counts for anything at all when it comes to expressing more profound thought . |
| 29 | Throughout his life the author loved and drew inspiration from the whole region , from Smailholm to ‘ Scott 's View ’ above the river Tweed and the house he built for himself at Abbotsford . |
| 30 | I told Isobel we 'd wait for her at the Café de la Paix … ‘ |