Example sentences of "[vb past] for [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was to be a fortnightly , the best thing was to alternate with the other half of what passed for London 's alternative press , Private Eye . |
| 2 | A movement was born that provided for the next four years the reference point for the left , and for artists and what passed for Britain 's Beats . |
| 3 | And if you want to see what passed for America 's energy policy , you 're looking at it . |
| 4 | Mrs Beveridge cared for Leanne 's two children in her home for the first 24 hours of the siege . |
| 5 | We lost 0–2 but events were taking shape which were to bring the young goalkeeper to the fore : Coventry City swooped for Glazier 's signature in mid-October at a record fee for a goalkeeper of £35,000 . |
| 6 | She wanted to take that thick neck of his and press her fingernails , long and freshly varnished for Urquhart 's benefit , deep into the flesh until the cocky smirk on his face was replaced by a grimace of pain . |
| 7 | At the phone I rang the operator and asked for Addy 's number . |
| 8 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified this man as an accomplice of the two Libyans arrested at Dakar ( and subsequently released ) who took over from Ahmed Jibril after he asked for Gaddafi 's help . |
| 9 | Andrew Loverage , defending , asked for Dodman 's psychiatric condition to be taken into consideration . |
| 10 | Andrew Loverage , defending , asked for Dodman 's psychiatric condition to be taken into consideration . |
| 11 | Before they left , the counsellor asked for Peter 's permission to contact his GP , which he gave , and asked why . |
| 12 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 13 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications will send a group of telecommunications experts to Vietnam on April 10 to hold a seminar about infrastructure development in Japan : Vietnam 's Minister of Transport and Telecommunications asked for Japan 's co-operation in developing the country 's telecommunication networks when he visited Japan in February , the Ministry noted . |
| 14 | Bolté asked for Roberts 's advice on cutting administrative costs in Korea . |
| 15 | She later fought for women 's rights and social reform in the Alberta legislature at Edmonton , and represented Canada at the League of Nations . |
| 16 | At his consecration , he had promised to maintain Canterbury 's rights of every kind , from the primacy down to the smallest knight 's fee , and we have seen that in Rufus 's reign he allowed many , as we might think , greater matters to lie dormant while he fought for Canterbury 's rights . |
| 17 | Some wanted to press on with the war and argued for Mentheus 's son , Altheus . |
| 18 | Stephen Heath argued for MacCabe 's appointment on the grounds of the need to sustain the Cambridge English faculty as the " greatest in the world " . |
| 19 | Those great figures of the Enlightenment , William Robertson and David Hume , both argued for Mary 's guilt of adultery ( with Bothwell ) and murder ( of Darnley ) , on the grounds that the Casket Letters were genuine , in their histories of Scotland and England respectively which they published in 1759 ; and they in turn were attacked a year later by William Tytler , in his Historical and Critical Enquiry into the evidence against Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 20 | Dr. Clarke had himself been a surveyor in the town in 1765 : he also cultivated the art of perspective drawing , examples of which can be seen in the plans he drew for Whitaker 's History of Manchester of 1765 and 1771 . |
| 21 | UNDER SAIL THE 68 PERFORMS WELL , 68–07 ‘ PRUDENCE ’ BUILT FOR BRITAIN 'S FORMER AMERICAS CUP CHALLENGER GRAHAM WALKER , RECENTLY LOGGED A DAYS RUN OF 227 MILES , WHILST UNDER POWER 200 MILE DAYS ARE THE NORM WITH RANGE TO MATCH . |
| 22 | The prototype , which Davis built for Canada 's National Research Council , is running under the St Lawrence River . |
| 23 | On April 10 , thousands of students and others fought riot police , and shouted for Eyadema 's resignation . |
| 24 | City then tried for Kendall 's former Everton team-mate Joe Royle , the Oldham manager . |
| 25 | City then tried for Kendall 's former Everton team-mate Joe Royle , the Oldham manager . |
| 26 | She drove to Edinburgh in just over two hours , and headed for Jake 's office , just off Princes Street , in the shadow of the capital 's ancient , brooding castle . |
| 27 | They exchanged a few further words of parting , then Maggie and Tom walked away , heading towards her house , while Cyril and Susan headed for Susan 's . |
| 28 | I ate some fruit , followed by a tuna sandwich made with solid wholemeal bread and headed for Toby 's house . |
| 29 | If you 're not family , I think you should wait here , ’ she added for Tina 's benefit . |
| 30 | I miss you , ’ she added for Marc 's benefit . |