Example sentences of "[pron] [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bored stiff by him , I paid little attention : he retaliated by having me birched for idleness on three occasions , but these attempts to drive Latin into me from the wrong end proved equally unproductive . |
| 2 | And a man might die and count himself honoured for music so sweet … |
| 3 | Stirling sent his men from Siwa back to Kabrit and he himself made for Cairo , where he arrived in the midst of what became known as ‘ The Flap ’ . |
| 4 | In July the Earls of Northampton , Oxford , Pembroke and Devon together with Sir Hugh Despenser , Sir Richard Talbot and Sir Richard Stafford took an army to the duchy and put Charles of Blois to flight at the battle of Morlaix on 30 September , while in October the king himself embarked for Brittany , aware that part of the duchy had already been regained for the Montfort cause . |
| 5 | the pair were spending a season in New Zealand at the invitation of McIntosh 's elder brother , Shane , who had himself played for Pontypridd and has recently returned to Britain to play for West of Scotland . |
| 6 | A bemused Southall found himself cautioned for time-wasting and a few seconds later had to pick the ball out of the net . |
| 7 | John 's letter to Hanns about the second Ballet Club visit , just before he himself left for Cape Town , ends with the remark ‘ You will soon be back to gossip and see my new nose ! ’ |
| 8 | Were you frightened for Theseus at any stage ? |
| 9 | What provision have you made for school holidays ? |
| 10 | Late 1940s Britain like early 1980s Britain felt itself strapped for cash . |
| 11 | I tell yer straight , if yer do n't take middle , straightforward and honest , yer done for agin these kind of bowlers . ’ |
| 12 | At the symposium , ‘ Are You Prepared for IT ? ’ , hosted by Zenith Data Systems , Gates spoke out on object programming , saying he thought the concept was just another hype that extends far beyond the reality available today — having said that , he said to look out for Microsoft 's Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 ‘ during 1993 ’ , saying he was all for any technology that will enable the economical re-use of parts of programs . |
| 13 | What have you got for Carla ? |
| 14 | Erm , have you had for thoughts Joan ? |
| 15 | Incidentally what have you had for dinner ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll ring my lawyer and have you sued for libel . ’ |
| 17 | Are you invited for tea every time ? |
| 18 | The space itself called for ceremony and ritual to make it whole . |
| 19 | Where exactly were you adapted for interface ? ’ |
| 20 | How long have you worked for de Chavigny ? ’ |
| 21 | I had one repaired for Susannah , it had been left to her by an aunt and she had managed to smash it against a post or something and broke the shank and knocked out one of the erm , stones , so on and so forth , and eh , together with some repairs on a charm bracelet I had to pay thirty seven pounds for the whole jolly lot . |
| 22 | Well , what you need , Joe , is to follow my fitness regime — the one designed for people who , in their heart of hearts , with their cigarettes already lit , wish they had more than just two hands to eat with , but because they are also cursed with a love for sport have to get fit the best they can . |
| 23 | Power Pak An update of Transpower , using two portable interchangeable heel implants , one designed for training , the other for competition purposes . |
| 24 | A , who has an interest in property held by B upon trust for him , may hold that interest upon trust for D , or transfer it to C upon trust for D. ) If , however , an attempt is made to create a trust by transfer to a trustee , but the transfer itself fails from a defect in form — where land , for instance , is transferred by unsealed writing , or the transfer of shares in a company has not obtained some necessary consent of the Treasury — the trust also will fall , unless the transaction is one made for value , a term which includes settlements or agreements for settlement in consideration of a contemplated marriage , but not of one already celebrated . |
| 25 | In the gents of these there would sometimes be those urinals — you know the ones , shaped like a maiden 's hand — with one positioned for kids ten centimetres up the wall and not sixty centimetres up like the rest . |
| 26 | What have we got for tea ? |
| 27 | No one called for sanctions against the US or the bombing of Washington . |
| 28 | The train she was in was one bound for south London , as perhaps all were , but it would be reached via the Bank instead of Tottenham Court Road , describing a loop through the City to do so . |
| 29 | Liverpool 's 1986 Wembley team contained no one qualified for England ; Ian Callaghan , with 88 , has most FA Cup appearances ; Jackie Milburn 's 45 second opener for the Magpies against Manchester City in 1955 remains the final 's quickest goal . |
| 30 | A tree has been planted in Beryl Smith 's memory at Regent 's Park , close to the one planted for Molly . |