Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Yeah — and i just called our national football association and called for tickets to USA'94 — no problemo — so i guess i will be travelling with a friend or three … ) |
| 2 | In accordance with a request from the Association of Charity Officers , it is confirmed that an amount of £5,000 from public funds provided through the Association of Charity Officers has been received by the Association and utilised for provision of physiotherapy equipment for the new Therapy Wing at Sussexdown . |
| 3 | The Westons retrieved what was left of their stock and headed for Bristol , where they sold what they could in the markets there . |
| 4 | A , a big pond and used for watering erm the cattle and erm then it silted up and erm got neglected and people naturally just threw things into it . |
| 5 | Only a week later I was noticed by a scout and engaged for a pantomime in Manchester , to play the Princess in Jack and the Beanstalk . |
| 6 | Luigi opened his purse and searched for change . |
| 7 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 8 | Section 1(1) of the Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965 abolished the death penalty for murder and substituted for it imprisonment for life . |
| 9 | Mr. Corfe is unimpressed with a League plan to impose a levy on transfers and performance money , which would be held individually on behalf of each club and used for items like ground improvements . |
| 10 | On March 20 the opposition National Convention for the Restoration of Democracy [ see p. 37922 ] criticized the government for failing to uphold the pledges of its own programme and called for the formation of a government enjoying the nation 's confidence , which would institute real political change . |
| 11 | He also appealed to all Beninois to return to work to lay the basis for economic revival , while the transitional government implemented an economic structural adjustment programme and negotiated for external financial resources . |
| 12 | Roger : It seems from various pilots , run locally under the Pilot Volunteer Programme and paid for by our Programme Development Fund . |
| 13 | He was frightened , despite the encouraging winks of Deuce and the occasional smile from Doug ; disoriented amid the tropical forest-sized plants , the silent , ceaseless escalators , the glass walls and lifts , the page boys in scarlet and green livery and all manner of sights which would normally have thrilled him and been companionable to his mind and stored for his sister . |
| 14 | Wainwright had nothing to lose by his insubordination as it was his last game for Leeds : he had enlisted with the Royal Garrison Artillery and left for Dover two days later . |
| 15 | Of that I have no doubt , but I am equally certain that it was his own hands which fastened his belt around his neck and fumbled for the window bar . |
| 16 | Three years later , he emigrated with his parents to Israel , yet became a frequent commuter to the major musical centres of Europe , where he caught the eye of such musical heavyweights as Edwin Fischer , Wilhelm Furtwangler and ( most especially ) Arthur Rubinstein , who took an immense interest in the young pianist and arranged for him to be represented by his agent , the legendary Sol Hurok . |
| 17 | At one end is the newspaper or magazine , delivered by the newsagent and paid for by the reader . |
| 18 | Having a lump of sugar put in your tea and stirred for you . |
| 19 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |
| 20 | End expiratory breath samples were collected three times daily throughout the study and analysed for hydrogen and methane concentration . |
| 21 | Professional audit , established in medical practice and proposed for pharmacists , is invaluable for prescribing analysis and offers the opportunity to set treatment goals , measure success in achieving them , and re-evaluate the process . |
| 22 | Eventually he struggled free , ran to his car and called for help . |
| 23 | Sleight himself was educated at Brighton College and studied for his MA degree at Glare College , Cambridge . |
| 24 | Chancellor Norman Lamont accused the Bundesbank of a whispering campaign against the pound and called for changes in German monetary policy . |
| 25 | Do n't expect everything to be crystal clear , or cut and dried for Monday 's one of those times when you have to take the lead and not wait for folk to spell things out in words of one syllable . |
| 26 | Both rejected positivistic literary scholarship and called for a renewed attention to literature as literature ; both insisted on the differences between literature and other kinds of writing , and tried to define these differences in theoretical terms ; both gave a central role in their definitions to ideas of structure and interrelatedness , and treated the literary text as an object essentially independent of its author and its historical context . |
| 27 | They were obviously shocked by his condition and lost for words , but he shocked them further with his . |
| 28 | Cecilia saw the bear and thought for about five seconds that it was real . |
| 29 | The pipe is then twisted into the fitting and left for at least an hour while the cement ‘ melts ’ the surface of the pipe and the fitting , fusing them together . |
| 30 | CHURCHMEN and intellectuals in East Germany , worried about the new , aggressive tone that has crept into the emotional issue of reunification , yesterday warned against confrontation and called for a temporary end to mass street demonstrations . |