Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |
| 2 | I asked for an application form for Scheduled Monument Consent because British Waterways have agreed that ‘ Spokes ’ can undertake repairs to the towpath of the Union Canal , in the Hermiston area . |
| 3 | I have , I asked for an extension because like , in , in light of my present mathematical ne , need for seriousness , for seriously doing a hell of a lot of maths homework |
| 4 | I applied for an interview , and shortly afterwards found that I had a new job . |
| 5 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 6 | The bar had a headbanging range of Fuller 's beers but I decided I 'd better be in training for the Exhilarator so I opted for an alcohol-free lager , turned my back to the bar and its temptations and scouted for Werewolf . |
| 7 | Shouting and swearing , I yelled for an epidural . |
| 8 | Mr Terry Davis , Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill , told the Guardian last night : ‘ As a former employee of British Leyland and now a member of the Commons public accounts committee , I pressed for an inquiry into the sale . |
| 9 | And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days . |
| 10 | Or again , considering ( 4 ) , there is no fixed length for turns in conversation , and sometimes one participant holds the floor for some time ; yet although we might call a turn of four minutes part of a conversation , we would consider conversation to have ceased if someone talked for an hour and a half . |
| 11 | I thought for an incredible moment that I caught something familiar in the sound — but it could n't be . |
| 12 | And then when I was about seven I went for an eye test where you get one of those cards with all the dots on , and , you 're supposed to see fifty-seven but I could only see twenty-seven . |
| 13 | I went for an audition for a pantomime and she said , ‘ Now do n't forget , Beryl , there 's nothing you ca n't do . ’ |
| 14 | Eventually , in 1954 , I went for an audition to the BBC in Cardiff . |
| 15 | I went for an audition to his flat , and I took along my little piece of paper and music score and everything . |
| 16 | I went for an interview and reached the short-list stage . |
| 17 | I went for an interview at E T N S in now where it is and er they said can you start today and I said no . |
| 18 | And er I went for an X-ray and they said I 'd got two two scars or |
| 19 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
| 20 | She also turned out to be the last close friend I had for an awfully long time . |
| 21 | I sat for an hour in my roomette looking out at the unvarying scenery and trying to imagine anything else that Filmer might have paid to have done . |
| 22 | My eldest sister had a black cauldron suspended from an old iron cooking tripod , this was filled with sawdust and packed with small gifts which made for an attractive lucky dip at tuppence a time . |
| 23 | The other divers were nowhere to be seen at this time , which made for an extremely dangerous situation in the open ocean . |
| 24 | Balfour 's government introduced an Education Act which provided for an orderly scheme for elementary and secondary education in schools administered by Local Authorities . |
| 25 | In 1978 a new constitution was promulgated which provided for an elaborate reversion to a tribal mode of rule involving an electoral college of eighty members chosen by forty local councils ( ‘ tinkhundla ’ ) , dominated by tribal elements . |
| 26 | The 1982 Constitution , which provided for an elected National Assembly , was suspended after the coup , as was the Democratic Party of Guinea , formerly the ruling and sole legal party . |
| 27 | The 1982 Constitution , which provided for an elected National Assembly , was suspended after the coup , as was the Democratic Party of Guinea ( PDG ) , formerly the ruling and sole legal party . |
| 28 | The meeting was prompted by a draft secretarial order , issued by the US Interior Department in July , which provided for an expanded role for the new resident US representative in Belau [ see p. 37885 ] . |
| 29 | On May 6 the Commission presented a 1993 draft budget which provided for an increase in the full " appropriations " budget from ECU66,600 million in 1992 to ECU67,300 million . |
| 30 | Light enveloped Ruth , a heatless blaze which seemed for an instant about to destroy her ; and then she was gone into a great space of darkness . |