Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help . |
| 2 | The volume of the utterance may be loud to express anger or whispered for secrecy . |
| 3 | The cubes can be added to soups and sauces or thawed for use in puddings and cakes . |
| 4 | Accordingly , a bill of lading stating that goods had been shipped or received for shipment ‘ and in the hands of the lawful holder , should be conclusive evidence against the carrier of such shipment or receipt . ’ |
| 5 | We waited in the shed while rain boomed and clattered on to the metal roof , and no aircraft took off or landed for hour after hour . |
| 6 | I still make necklaces from strips of knitting with beads or marbles sewn in at intervals and they are still very popular , whether ‘ wooly ’ for sweaters or lurexed for evening wear ; but |I have recently been trying very simple macramé to knot several strips decoratively together and maybe add a few beads or jewels and the results can be quite spectacular . |
| 7 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 8 | It does not necessarily call for an ethical content , so facts are often distorted or falsified for self-interest . |
| 9 | He felt like the boy 's father ; he loved and cared for Grégoire as if he were his son . |
| 10 | He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa . |
| 11 | Some time after this Mrs Meehan wrote to me that her husband was innocent , and asked for assistance in having his case reviewed . |
| 12 | The government has declared a state of emergency and asked for assistance from the US . |
| 13 | But I had informed the police and asked for help even before the doorbell rang . |
| 14 | A mother may set out some crayons and paper or plasticine while she gets on with the ironing but she should expect to be interrupted and asked for help . |
| 15 | Last year , in response to a request from South Africa 's Bishop of Kimberley , three Carmelite nuns in Germany , knowing Darlington 's links with South Africa , contacted the convent and asked for help . |
| 16 | Another letter from the middle school was about a visiting theatre group and asked for money as well as a tear-off slip . |
| 17 | The 14-year-old boy was walking the alsatian along a path between Park Avenue and Penparcau , Aberystwyth , Powys , when the attacker , who was aged about 20 , approached him and asked for money . |
| 18 | A slattern brought a small table for Athelstan to rest his writing tray on , and of course a jug of wine and two goblets , though Athelstan shook his head and asked for water . |
| 19 | But the following day she telephoned a local newspaper , the Sowetan , saying she feared for her life , and asked for protection . |
| 20 | But without doubt the most contentious defector to reach the West was Anatoli Golitsin , who arrived at the office of the CIA 's station chief in Helsinki in Finland in December 1911 and asked for asylum for himself , his wife and daughter . |
| 21 | He was refused entry to Kuwait and asked for asylum in France.President Giscard d'Estaing asked the Shah his views and the Shah made one of the worst mistakes in his reign by agreeing the Khomeini should go to France , He assumed that the obstreperous priest would be les of a threat to him in distant , Christian France than in neighbouring , radical , Islamic country . |
| 22 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 23 | If we had wanted that we would have used medical questionnaires to evaluate physical and mental health , listed the facilities and defects in each house , and asked for income and expenditure budgets . |
| 24 | Just to say that erm we 're very keen to see that the Mid Sussex Council has come to the county and asked for guidance and I 'm very pleased also with the response that is er proposed back to them . |
| 25 | The Earl of Warwick , one of the judges , protested and asked for time to produce charters and other evidence so that ‘ we might still enjoy with quietness the possessions of our ancestors which had bin oute of the Forrest for three hundred and thirty yeares ’ . |
| 26 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 27 | The crisis-hit jewellery firm were fined £1,000 for false labelling — and asked for time to pay . |
| 28 | He went to an Indian fortune-teller and asked for advice . |
| 29 | Melissa declined Barney 's offer of wine and asked for mineral water . |
| 30 | There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea . |