Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh you have n't gone up to a bar and asked for a pils have you ? |
| 2 | The Kurdish leaders reportedly asked for an arms supply route to be opened through Turkey to assist the Kurdish insurrection in northern Iraq . |
| 3 | On Sept. 14 , 1989 , an agreement was eventually initialled which provided for a customs union with the EC whereby industrial goods would flow freely between Andorra and the EC but the EC 's external tariffs would be applied by Andorra to third countries . |
| 4 | These jobs were soon done , and Redpath telephoned for a police car to take the cartridges and clothes to their respective experts . |
| 5 | Mr Montignac says he discovered his ‘ method ’ while lunching in fancy European restaurants when he worked for a drugs company . |
| 6 | Probably anticipating the enhancing of the already considerable temperature that might ensue from a stretch of proven hell-raising , Pukwana called for a blues , and set about declaring his intent with that impassioned alto cry ( the instrument in his hands displaying the weight of the tenor as well as the wild , wayward quality of the higher horn ) that has been thrilling British audiences since the Sixties . |
| 7 | But as Mrs Fleetwood watched for a police car the pair stole £120 and fled . |
| 8 | As she again became distraught yesterday , Detective Superintendent Ian Whinnett sent for a police psychiatrist . |
| 9 | At last he sent for a chaprassi and sent him with me to look for something , but on the way I found nice Mr Dickensen , an American from the University in Rangoon . |
| 10 | She thought for a minutes and said : " Yes , you do have a look of a Renoir lady , sometimes " That 's a nice way of saying Fat is Beautiful . |
| 11 | And they presented him with video equipment they bought for a children 's charity . |