Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The widening of the EEC argued for greater awareness of the European market and the need for both young people and businesses to face the real demands for new skills , greater knowledge of other languages and more mobility in moving throughout other countries . |
| 2 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 3 | Joe Foley led for much of the distance , but once Belfast 's Stephen Mely had fought his way clear of a rather physical confrontation with Michael Cullen he closed on Foley and moved ahead with two of the 15 laps left . |
| 4 | He has winged his way across the world in pursuit of his hobby , a mission that has included Venezuela , Thailand , Africa and Israel among others — with Costa Rica planned for this year . |
| 5 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 6 | The travellers were trying to get into a rock festival at Long Marston airfield near Stratford on Avon planned for this weekend.Roads around the site were blocked by the travellers as they confronted the police for most of the night . |
| 7 | Tours of Czechoslovakia planned for 1992 . |
| 8 | Mr Hamlyn operated for four hours on the man who remained in intensive care . |
| 9 | CHART star Dr Alban trained for five years as a dentist — but gave up after a horrific teeth-pulling session . |
| 10 | Anna Zborowska posed for two nude paintings , presumably painted in her rooms at the Sunny Hotel with Lunia acting as chaperone . |
| 11 | At 39 Castle Street , the author of Waverley lived for twenty-four years and wrote many of his famous novels . |
| 12 | The WRU has ruled that none of its players will be given permission to take part in the centenary tour of Natal planned for next summer . |
| 13 | Marie sought for comforting words to say : ‘ Do n't worry . |
| 14 | But except for a brief interval , Blaize ruled for 10 unmemorable years until Gairy decisively beat him at the polls a few months after Britain granted the island wide autonomy in 1967 . |
| 15 | Just a short while Bobby read for twenty minutes or something . |
| 16 | Murphy and Taggart led for much of the way but missed out a loop section of the route which cost them 30 marks and they dropped back . |
| 17 | Trinidadian Simmons troubled the top-order from the outset , bowling Asif Mujtaba , having Aamir Sohail caught for six and Salim Malik caught for a duck . |
| 18 | David trained for Christian service at the Scottish Baptist College and at the Glasgow Bible College . |
| 19 | Instead , Lang opted for maximum damage . |
| 20 | On Dec. 10 the FAO appealed for 1,300,000 tonnes of food aid for the Sudan in 1991 . |
| 21 | Toby gestured for another glass of Bollinger and continued : ‘ No , the clues may perhaps lie in that contract between Supersight and Brian Harley . |
| 22 | During a visit to the Soviet Union on July 19-20 by EC Commission president Jacques Delors , Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appealed for broad foreign economic co-operation which would allow the Soviet Union to adapt to a new economic system " faster and more resolutely " . |
| 23 | Rocky played for 20 minutes but did n't do much . |
| 24 | Quarterback Stan Humphries threw for 275 yards , including 46 yards to Nate Lewis to set up the winning fourth-quarter touchdown . |
| 25 | Until 1986 Andy caddied for several players , including Gary Player and Bernhard Langer . |
| 26 | And yet , as our talk wound down to a close , Koons begged for more . |
| 27 | After only eighteen months breathing the dust of the docks , Ramsey taught for six years and a half in a greenhouse . |
| 28 | The fierceness with which peasant deputies in the first two Dumas pressed for all noble land to be handed over startled and frightened the government . |
| 29 | Pat served for six years on the Executive Committee ; she has also been responsible for arranging the flowers at many important functions . |
| 30 | At the meeting federation vice-chairman Richard Coyles called for 3,000 more beat bobbies throughout the country to prevent ‘ anarchy ’ in cities . |