Example sentences of "[vb past] for [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 2 | After the winner I rode for him at York . ’ |
| 3 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 4 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 5 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 6 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 7 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 8 | His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school . |
| 9 | ‘ The guy who scored for us at Wembley , Kjetil Rekdal , is mad about English football . |
| 10 | He and the princess still talk about the spaghetti suppers she cooked for him at her flat in Earl 's Court . |
| 11 | Another Haute , Edmund , lost an annuity to Walter Hungerford , who petitioned for it at the end of May : an indication that the family 's gains from royal service were recognized as being available for redistribution . |
| 12 | Another Haute , Edmund , lost an annuity to Walter Hungerford , who petitioned for it at the end of May : an indication that the family 's gains from royal service were recognized as being available for redistribution . |
| 13 | The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s . |
| 14 | I called for him at Faber 's — ; which meant waiting downstairs either du côté de chez Swan or in the small waiting-room crowded with Faber books ready for dispatch — ; and we caught a train to Merstham from Victoria . |
| 15 | The problem started for me at the end of a tough week when we played Leeds on the Sunday , then Everton in the Coca-Cola Cup on the Wednesday and Tottenham on Saturday . |
| 16 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |
| 17 | She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving . |
| 18 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 19 | The voting er you voted for them at the delegate meeting and I think it was the six top six highest in the vote became the standing orders . |
| 20 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 21 | Erm , as the person who mo , moved the original motion , I would be very happy to move the recommendations , and to thank Mr , Mrs , Mr and Mr , who are the only members here present who voted for it at the time . |
| 22 | ‘ Remember what Alan Taylor did for us at West Ham in 1975 ? |
| 23 | Hare did admit to Ian Wright , who caddied for Seve Ballesteros , that he would feel intimidated if Wright carried for him at La Manga . |
| 24 | Hare did admit to Ian Wright , who caddied for Seve Ballesteros , that he would feel intimidated if Wright carried for him at La Manga . |
| 25 | I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time . |
| 26 | Joseph hung back walking slowly as the others moved on again , and his mother , noticing his discomfited expression , waited for him at the side of the track . |
| 27 | Then there was nothing again but the darkness ; the darkness that he knew waited for him at the foot of the mountain . |
| 28 | After she had signed in , Brian Everthorpe directed her to the section of the car park reserved for visitors , and waited for her at the entrance to the Administration Block . |
| 29 | After opening nights at Blackpool , she would snub John ; when he waited for her at the front entrance with their car and chauffeur she would deliberately slip out of the Stage Door and go home by tram . |
| 30 | Whenever Jacob was meeting Deirdre outside college hours he waited for her at the bottom of Patrick 's Hill where it joined King Street . |