Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 2 | This is a campaign booklet which I prepared for the RCN 's Association of Nursing Students in 1985 ; much of it also applies to returning nurses . |
| 3 | Then I worked for the BBC — my favourite charity , really . |
| 4 | I 've got an old Coricidin bottle I keep for the Firebird , and I 've got a beautiful one that I keep specially for ballads ; it 's a really nice hand-blown glass slide , very dense and very smooth , and it 's great for recording subtle kinds of parts on acoustic guitar . ’ |
| 5 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ said Caspar , and then glanced over his shoulder as if to make sure no one was listening , ‘ well , the truth of it is , that I work for the Gruagach . |
| 7 | After all , the Lurgan outfit can boast the talents of Barry and Kevin O'Hagan as well as the mercurial skills of Diarmuid Marsden all of whom played for the Armagh Minor side last year . |
| 8 | So although no route can more truly be called a " beaten track " than the one which heads for the Gotthard Pass , now that the old Gotthard road has been supplanted so far as through traffic is concerned by the Basel-Chiasso motor expressway ( E9 , N2 ) , many towns and villages on the old road can be rated as " off the beaten track " . |
| 9 | I much regretted the dismissive attitude taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) , who has clearly totally forgotten that the Western European Union was revitalised , added Spain and Portugal to its ranks , and produced the Hague platform — which provided for the WEU 's nine members to defend their borders , with nuclear weapons if need be . |
| 10 | We all accept the physical free-for-all which passes for the January sales . |
| 11 | These Diploma holders , together with a further four members who qualified for the FSD under the Lombard Scheme , bring the total number of FSD holders to 387 worldwide . |
| 12 | To make sure you qualify for the Midland Student Service , please check the eligibility terms on the reverse of this leaflet . |
| 13 | Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job . |
| 14 | ‘ You mean for the Desert Island All Star Jam Band ? ’ asks Bob . |
| 15 | Also selected for the first time is batsman Mohsin Chohan , who plays for the Bangor club and has appeared for Caernarfonshire in the past . |
| 16 | She reviewed for the Sunday papers and appeared on television in a programme called Talking After Hours , giving her views on art , morals , current affairs . |
| 17 | What did you do for the BBC competition ? |
| 18 | Lovely of you to come and say cheerio before you sail for the South Seas . |
| 19 | So too does Micky Steele-Bodger , who played for the England rugby team at flank forward in the 1947-48 season , and has since contributed enormously as an adminstrator , particularly in raising a team each season for the past 42 years to play Cambridge in their preparation fo the University match . |
| 20 | Just as long as you look for the Cotton USA Mark . |
| 21 | She knows the woman who cleans for the Sheldrake practice , and the other day , while waiting in the bus shelter , they got talking about Dawn and Robert . |
| 22 | That stacks up to a quite well specified machine , and you 'll find file operations , particularly , slow on a 20MHz SX if you opt for the HPFS . |
| 23 | Hard for modern children to stomach who grieve for the Gadarene swine . |
| 24 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 25 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 26 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 27 | Then Tom , who worked for the Bryant and May match firm , will splash out on a greenhouse and a garden shed for himself . |
| 28 | He was flown to America and during his debriefing exposed two Russian spies , Edward Howard , who worked for the CIA , and Ronald Pelton , who had worked for the NSA . |
| 29 | When you apply for the NatWest Hospital Income Plan before the close date . |
| 30 | It 's designed to fit neatly in a pocket while you listen — and it 's yours absolutely FREE when you apply for the NatWest Hospital Income Plan before the date shown on your Application Form . |