Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Stan called me and we met for a chat at his home . |
| 2 | Twenty-seven veterans of the summer campaign to Argentina ( minus centre Christian Coeurville who is involved in exams ) , along with the ‘ tired trio ’ — Sella , Mesnel and LaFond — and the ‘ banned trio ’ of Gimbert , Benazzi and Roumat , and Sebastian Conchy ( the Begles and French students flanker ) met for a squad session in Leon in South West France . |
| 3 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 4 | With an interpreter we met for a drink and he told me that because his home was in East Germany he had been forbidden to travel abroad until quite recently when he became an old-age Pensioner ; this voyage was his first taste of freedom . |
| 5 | We met for a drink . |
| 6 | In the first week of January 1979 , President Giscard d'Estaing expounded his view when he met for a summit conference with Jimmy Carter , Hemut Schmidt , the West German chancellor , and James Callaghan , the British prime minister , on the French West Indian island of Guadeloupe . |
| 7 | Soon after his call , they met for a meal at Shoney 's Big Boy restaurant where Franks/Schafer introduced him to Burchette , who was then working from home as a one-man security service , and to Jack Terrell , a former operative of Oliver North 's in Central America . |
| 8 | Two years ago the 41year-old received a similar amount when his former teams of Liverpool and Arsenal met for a testimonial match . |
| 9 | This time Zimbabwe made the most of it , and midway through the half wing Victor Olonga pounced for a try . |
| 10 | The twins ' outfits for the panto , two of which they modelled for a preview , have cost £13,500 . |
| 11 | Laidlaw checked for a pulse . |
| 12 | There , she checked for a pulse , fearing for a moment that she had killed him . |
| 13 | Robert Bevan , one of their number , had worked at Pont-Aven and had known Paul Gauguin , and Sickert , whose sympathy with France went deep , owned a house in Neuville , on the outskirts of Dieppe , which he lent for a time to the Gilmans . |
| 14 | I was told that his legal advisers were concerned that if he applied for a taxation this would amount to an adoption of the bills and prejudice his other objections to the bill . |
| 15 | On arrival he applied for a passport , but neither the French , the Austrian or the Prussian embassies were willing to provide one and he was ultimately obliged to travel disguised , on a Swiss passport . |
| 16 | Without Coleman 's knowledge , and without consulting the DIA ( on this basis , they had no reason to do so ) , either Hurley or Dany Habib had subsequently used those papers — in particular , the copy they had taken of Coleman 's Thomas Leavy birth certificate — to obtain a passport for one of their own people in Egypt , thus cocking the trigger for a possible violation alert when Coleman also applied for a passport in that name two years later . |
| 17 | When they acquired holes he applied for a clothing grant . |
| 18 | Not all the crew was impressed with the wild beauty however , although Dave Scadding , my number one really fell in love with Scotland , so much so that he applied for a transfer to Kirkwall on our return to Southampton . |
| 19 | We applied for a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund on the basis that its support alone could save the church . |
| 20 | He applied for a grant of land and this was sold to him for a nominal sum . |
| 21 | And he was a wounded pensioner er and he , he applied for a grant which you , which er a wounded soldier in the First World War could get if you had a pension he could get a grant of that pension to learn a trade . |
| 22 | She applied for a grant , and in , er in career , it says like , |
| 23 | MSF applied for a possession order , which was postponed pending the outcome of the application for an order for sale . |
| 24 | On 26 March , back in Chicago , Coleman applied for a US passport in the name of Thomas J. Leavy , using the birth certificate given him by the CIA in 1982 and the documents issued in Washington . |
| 25 | Within six days , on 3 May 1862 , the young boy died , Benjamin declaring as he applied for a certificate that he had been present at the death . |
| 26 | A woman who caused a row when she applied for a teaching job under a false identity has now joined the debate over children 's reading . |
| 27 | Annis Garfield , caused a major row 2 years ago when she applied for a teaching post under a false name and was offered an interview , despite her application being littered with spelling mistakes . |
| 28 | Nigel wondered if any film star would be discerning enough to employ him if he applied for a chauffeur 's job . |
| 29 | Wright pleaded guilty to all charges , and also admitted obtaining £207,000 from the Halifax Building Society by deception when he applied for a mortgage claiming , falsely , that he did not have one . |
| 30 | In the Federal Court in Sydney yesterday , a banking syndicate headed by HongkongBank Australia applied for a trustee to be appointed after Mr Bond , 53 , failed to repay about £110 million arising from a personal guarantee he gave on a loan to his former Greenvale nickel project . |