Example sentences of "[vb past] for [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is noteworthy that more than half did equivalent or higher level courses than those they applied for at the institutions we covered . |
| 2 | After nearly perishing on the moors , she is taken in and cared for by the Reverend St John Rivers and his sisters Mary and Diana . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's the matter , San ? ’ the fat woman asked for about the fifth time since they had all trooped in out of the cold . |
| 4 | I saw , and I have had in actual fact , recourse to actually use that service over there , and it 's rather interesting if one can t to say that er in the particular village which I er represent , they actually came up , when I asked a certain question , they gave me a , a , far more than what I actually asked for at the time , but found out who the first village constable was , and I think myself that er , that service over there , it deserves every praise it gets heaped on it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It recommended the adoption of the procedure asked for in the Institute 's Memorial , which he had helped to organize , and the substitution of moderate passages , in place of his forthright statements , only tended to give the Report the appearance of a more impartial document . |
| 7 | This was £80,000 in excess of the loan asked for in the application in its unaltered form . |
| 8 | I hope that the Minister gives the assurances about timing asked for by the hon. Member for Chislehurst . |
| 9 | Family budgets are seen to be a private settlement of accounts between men and women , men 's unequal distribution of working-class incomes within their households is a right they fought for within the working-class movement and it is not yet susceptible to public political pressure within the movement . |
| 10 | ‘ It was the old Linfield spirit that carried them through because it was n't a great Linfield team , compared to the sides Trevor and I played for in the 80s . |
| 11 | Whatever your taste , you will find it well catered for in the Big Heart of England . |
| 12 | This is to prevent the offeror from acquiring more shares than he bid for under the partial offer , and shareholders in the target from receiving more favourable treatment from the offeror by selling in the market during the 12 months following the partial bid . |
| 13 | In Brewster ( 1979 ) 69 Cr App R 375 ( CA ) , an insurance agent was guilty of theft of the premiums because the money had to be handed over to the companies he worked for under the terms of his contract . |
| 14 | The one that counted against me most was the Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee , which I worked for in the late Thirties . |
| 15 | Mr Paine , I feel sure , will be a candidate for some award or other and I trust he will remember the couple whose bravery obviously far exceeded that called for in the normal course of duty . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But the rulebook provision identifies branch administration officers , which I called for in the motion . |
| 18 | However that may be , we are satisfied that the plain natural meaning of section 1(1) was that contended for by the Attorney-General . |
| 19 | The analysis which follows in the succeeding five chapters attempts to show that they are irksome ; and indeed many are immovable without other deep-seated changes in society ; and that these can not be advocated or struggled for on the grounds of soil conservation alone . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the majority of my constituents believe that what they voted for in the referendum on Europe was a single market , not a single currency ? |
| 21 | The one I voted for in the original poll ( I think , it seems ages ago now ) was Bremner . |
| 22 | ‘ As long as you do n't ask me who I voted for in the General Election . ’ |
| 23 | Starting at Chester on Sunday , McGuigan will scuttle through Britain 's forests in his Vauxhall Nova for four days , chasing away the thought that he may lose every penny he battled for in the ring if his appeal against £450,000 libel damages plus legal costs fails . |
| 24 | She put my book down , said for about the fourth time how sorry she was that she 'd missed my reading , but she 'd simply felt too shaky . |
| 25 | Little wonder it is acclaimed in song and story and longed for by the expatriate Scot ! |
| 26 | As a concise and precise international language like that longed for by the natural philosophers of the seventeenth century , where symbols would stand for things and not words , engineering drawing was valuable in opening machinery to scientific study . |
| 27 | ( The one you waited for until the end ) . |
| 28 | She was afraid he would ask her about herself and to forestall this she asked him to tell her about his training and what he hoped for in the future . |
| 29 | The rules would normally specify that the completion accounts are to be prepared in accordance with : ( a ) generally accepted accounting practices or the statements of standard accounting practice ( SSAPs ) in order to give a true and fair view ; ( b ) the same accounting practices as used consistently in previous accounts of the business , normally over a period of several years ; ( c ) specific accounting rules legislated for in the sale agreement . |
| 30 | Yes , was it because you think that , they , that 's what they had for in the house |