Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this suggests that there are other sorts of English people than the sort Auden has in his sights , on the other hand it lends point and force to his censure of Beerbohm , and of what Beerbohm stands for in English life . |
| 2 | A fourteen year old criminal at the centre of a row about trips to Spain paid for by social services may be going back to his grandparents ' home there for Christmas . |
| 3 | A fourteen year old criminal who 's had holidays in Spain paid for by social services has been given a two-year supervision order . |
| 4 | Later orators were to castigate the Athenian Assembly for making alliances with any state which offered itself , and it is hard to see what good Athens hoped for from Segesta in 457 . |
| 5 | And I I do n't want to spend all night chasing round Blackpool looking for for a place that serves ordinary food of a decent standard . |
| 6 | Your Worships Mr works for in Worley and he works for them as an engineer . |
| 7 | The new churches need to see that what Jesus prayed for in John 17 has also to be applied to love between churches . |
| 8 | JE : What was Britten striving for in these sessions ? |
| 9 | Canada and Australia account for about another 10 per cent , producing cobalt as a by-product of nickel . |
| 10 | Grose was unable to prevent him erecting a pleasing but modest church in 1793 , which Johnson paid for in rum . |
| 11 | The percentage share of record sales in Britain accounted for by the large international companies is shown in Table 10.1 . |
| 12 | She is likely to choose the room Amy Carter opted for in 1976 . |
| 13 | He added , however , that former Sunderland player Billy Bingham , the Northern Ireland manager , might be prepared to reach a compromise with his old club possibly allowing Rogan to play for at least part of the match against Swindon and then link up with the rest of the squad on the day of the international . |
| 14 | Conklin ( 1977 : 4 ) estimates that in 1977 these four offences in the USA accounted for between $3–4 billions compared with the annual loss of around $40 billions resulting from various white-collar crime , of which consumer fraud , illegal competition , and deceptive practices account for at least half . |
| 15 | In commercial terms the EC accounted for over one-fifth of world trade and was comparable in importance to the USA and Japan . |
| 16 | Dr Almahawi died at his luxury , four-bedroom detached house in Bolton cared for by his family . |
| 17 | Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . |
| 18 | And what else was Kerrang looking for in an ideal editor ? |
| 19 | And that was all d'Alembord prayed for at this moment , that Ford would learn success fast and thus calm his worried fears . |
| 20 | For one freshly boiled , medium large ( about 1 ½ lb. ) hen lobster or langouste ( if you are boiling the creature at home , you can always add the large goblet of Madeira called for in the original recipe ) , the ingredients for the sauce are 2 small shallots , a heaped teaspoon of tarragon leaves , 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley , salt , pepper , a scant teaspoon of strong yellow French mustard , 24 to 30 drops of soy sauce , approximately 6 tablespoons of mildly fruity Provence olive oil , the juice of half a rather small lemon , 1 teaspoon of anisette de Bordeaux . |
| 21 | Howard considered for about a micro second . |
| 22 | For most of the remainder , Hitler stood for at least some things they admired , and for many had become the symbol and embodiment of the national revival which the Third Reich had in many respects been perceived to accomplish . |