Example sentences of "[vb pp] for [pron] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 2 | I think I 'm right in saying the plaster theatre 's booked for him on Tuesday afternoon next week . ’ |
| 3 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 4 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 5 | Like any actor who has to play many different parts , all Reagan wanted were a few good lines written for him on cue cards that he could quote without having to tax his own abilities . |
| 6 | The weapons are made for me on Clabidacia V , the home world of spidery exters with delicate filaments instead of limbs who are among the finest micro-engineers in the SenFed . |
| 7 | This was because human beings worked things out in their minds in terms of concepts and moral rules , and these concepts and rules were not things the individual made for himself on the spur of the moment . |
| 8 | In his latter years he created an elaborate water garden at the cottage ornée he had built for himself on the outskirts of Plymouth , and was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot , looking , in Wightwick 's words ‘ ( as far as his true English face and costume allowed ) like Ictinus of the Parthenon , ‘ out for a lark ’ . ’ |
| 9 | Now , new offices were being built for it on the other side of the road , but they were not quite ready , and meantime , the new publisher from the East and his editors functioned in an atmosphere of such utter confusion that it is doubtful if an efficiency expert could even have fought his way in through the door . |
| 10 | When they did enough to earn wages , they were allowed to keep or spend half , the other half being saved for them on their release . |
| 11 | Legal sources said an underground cell was being prepared for him on a maximum security row at the federal penitentiary in Marion , Illinois , America 's most chilling jail . |
| 12 | This he etched in outline on a copper plate , and a print was immediately prepared for him on a piece of drawing-paper . |
| 13 | Your colleague , Mr L K Engels , has written to Simon Murison-Bowie requesting a copy of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic computer tape to be prepared for you on VM/CMS at 1600 bpi . |
| 14 | You have to be prepared for anything on TV . |
| 15 | So he passed over and the trumpets sounded for him on the other side . ’ |
| 16 | Among those to achieve notoriety was US assistant secretary of state George McGhee ( the fact that he had been a Rhodes scholar seemingly counted for nothing on either side ) . |
| 17 | Each colourful Flower Fairy is beautifully portrayed for you on a high quality porcelain plate and expertly finished with a rim of 22-carat gold . |
| 18 | Such banquets are portrayed for us on the Bayeux Tapestry , or at least the early stages of them . |
| 19 | Kyle of Lochalsh is the next port of call , and the way to it from Plockton returns to the T-junction at Duirinish , turns along its main street and skirts the next village of Drumbuie , scene of a great hullabaloo two decades ago when a proposal to construct an oilrig installation off-shore was repulsed by spirited opposition , a home subsequently being found for it on an uninhabited shore of Loch Kishorn . |
| 20 | No , she had wanted to go home where she would get something out of the fridge she had found ready stocked for her on her arrival in Taipei . |
| 21 | This is not the case , though , if the proposed subject is outside the catchment area of school and university examinations , as Terry Lovell discovered when she offered to write a book on Gissing for a leftwing series , which had asked for one on Jane Austen . |
| 22 | The parliamentary leader of the PRI , Antonio del Pennino , had an arrest warrant issued for him on May 14 . |
| 23 | That period ended for us on December 31st . |
| 24 | So you , you 'll be able to do it every Monday , but you 've planned for it on Monday , you know who 's going to do it , and they , you know , it 's set up . |
| 25 | I am pleased to inform you that a place has been reserved for you on the above course . |
| 26 | In order to make certain that a place is reserved for you on the Executive Course of your choice ( Executive Course I , II , III , IV or V ) , please ensure that we receive your application form at least 4 weeks before the course is due to start . |
| 27 | But everything changed for him on 12 June 1989 when he eventually came to . |
| 28 | Buyers came to Dublin without solicitation , bought what they wanted , paid for it on the spot and shipped it away . |
| 29 | Is this sufficient reason to force all citizens to cower in their homes , watching what proletarian rubbish has been chosen for them on television and being preached at , no doubt , by the likes of Esther Rantzen and Mr Donald ’ Don ’ Mathews ? |