Example sentences of "[vb past] to [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led to another form of coaching , I just can not remember how my interest in tennis arose , save that I used to practice for hours against an airman 's table top fixed to the netting of an old tennis court . |
| 2 | Nelson 's reason for running Houston was wanting to run 2:12 as he tried to quality for Canada 's World Championships team . |
| 3 | In 1553 Northumberland appealed to Parliament for a peacetime grant of two fifteenths and tenths and a subsidy of 2s. in the pound on landed incomes , 1s. 4d. in the pound on personal property over £2O . |
| 4 | In the relative quiet that followed Harbury appealed to Rain for information about Wickham , ignoring that she 'd had no success over Pascoe . |
| 5 | Their wails and screams rose above the crackle of their burning homes and were made even more blood-curdling by the clangorous din of the church bells that frantically appealed to heaven for aid . |
| 6 | As the proposed grant for 93–94 from Christian Aid was so large , at £50,000 , the Committee was asked to consider the proposal in advance , and give some now indication of whether it would support the request when it came to committee for approval next year . |
| 7 | ‘ He evolved in such a way that really came to life for me , ’ she says . |
| 8 | ‘ And when she came to school for me … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I came to school for a book , but I found a musician ! ’ |
| 10 | He never came to trial for the robbery at the Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society in Quedgeley , Gloucester . |
| 11 | And she smiled at Raynor and saw him smile back , and felt renewed and restored , and understood how it was that Bec and the others came to Raynor for help . |
| 12 | While I was in South Africa , Valerie came to Carewscourt for a holiday . |
| 13 | No suitable material came to hand for the box hedges . |
| 14 | In essence this was less a system than the resort by the Crown to whatever means came to hand for raising and controlling money . |
| 15 | Ruth wondered why people still came to Wickrithe for their holidays . |
| 16 | Over at Cheltenham racecourse yesterday history was made as the runners and riders came to post for the first-ever Sunday National Hunt meeting … around thirteen thousand people turned out to watch … and racing hopes , of course , that steeplechasing on Sunday will become a firm fixture … |
| 17 | Last year alone , on 82 , OOO occasions , families and individuals , all with their own special needs and varied problems , came to SSAFA for confidential , friendly help and advice . |
| 18 | " The flower girl " ( Pygmalion ) was the first book that came to mind for one very elderly survivor . " |
| 19 | It was a christening that seemed to hunger for significance . |
| 20 | His hands found places on her spine which seemed to hunger for his expert touch . |
| 21 | We played to capacity for fifteen weeks , made the top ten shows in London , extended for another six weeks , and I never felt a single twinge of boredom . |
| 22 | MIDAS TOUCH Before the collapse of Canary Wharf ( right ) , everything turned to gold for Albert , left , and Paul Reichmann |
| 23 | He turned to Shamlou for sympathy . |
| 24 | Jinkwa turned to Fakrid for instructions . |
| 25 | It turned to federalism for the solution ; a solution in keeping with its history . |
| 26 | In her despair and grief Mrs McDermott also turned to alcohol for relief . |
| 27 | During that period she turned to alcohol for comfort . |
| 28 | GLUM despondency turned to jubilation for Instonians captain Johnny Black at Shane Park last night . |
| 29 | When it appeared enthusiasm for the fantasy turned to indifference for the real thing . |
| 30 | The mother opened the box and Asik 's mouth began to water for within the box was the biggest feast Asik had ever seen . |