Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I duly applied for the Fellowship , I was unsuccessful , no doubt to my lasting benefit , as similar failures have served to prove . |
| 2 | In the late 1960s and the early 1970s , Greimas , Todorov , Genette , and Barthes all argued for the autonomy of narrative theory with respect to its object . |
| 3 | Stead 's dramatisation of the issue of sexual exploitation not only stilled for the moment many fundamental conflicts of interest between participants in the agitation , but it also obscured the contradictions inherent in the ideology that informed this agitation against child prostitution . |
| 4 | Worktwice , the rival firm which now has the fax number , say it merely applied for the fax number because it was told it had become available and are confident British Telecom acted in a right and proper manner . |
| 5 | Mr Nasta has used two large rooms to display the works , all of them privately owned and personally lent for the occasion . |
| 6 | and with a broken heart they dive down gently headed for the earth |
| 7 | If anything , its additional colours brought extra glitter to the music , and this quality was certainly seized upon by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth , who eagerly compensated for the pianist 's lack of a trenchant or subtle delivery . |
| 8 | As it turned out , he only came for the funeral . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But you obviously plumped for the army . ’ |
| 10 | We only broke for the night on the promise of a further meeting next day together with social security officials . |
| 11 | Feldstein the dissident , Chernayev the thief , Poshekhonov the fraud , all reached for the Englishman as if to draw out some spark of friendship . |
| 12 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 13 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 14 | I only looked for the sake of form . |
| 15 | He said that the Queen eagerly waited for the bishop to show some of his eccentricities but , ‘ fortunately or unfortunately ’ he had acted with the utmost decorum . |
| 16 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 17 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 18 | I just lived for the minute ; if my tongue and lips and fingers travelled freely over her , that was good enough for forever . |
| 19 | Partly as a result of this unexpected support , the band decided to release the Ukrainian Peel sessions on a 10-inch mini-LP , ‘ Ukrainski Vistupi V Johna Peela ’ , no doubt most fans just asked for The Wedding Present 's Ukrainian album . |
| 20 | Last week , when drafts of the latest NIH report began to circulate , Dr Baltimore finally asked for the Cell paper to be retracted . |
| 21 | It 's probably that Robert Johnson , who finally headed for the crossroads in 1938 , made more money for Sony/Columbia last year than many of their more super-hyped contemporary acts . |
| 22 | He just came for the money every day . |
| 23 | In sober fact it was not the Saracens who ambushed and humiliated Charlemagne 's army in the mountain pass , but the Basques , who thus confirmed for the chronicler Eginhard their already long-standing reputation for treachery . |
| 24 | In the Spring of 1966 , six of the Commissioners , led by Radzinowicz and Wootton resigned , having become persuaded that , with substantial legislation pending , and in the absence of conclusive research to support recommendations likely to last for a lengthy period , the opportunity no longer existed for the Commission to make a comprehensive report capable of setting the direction for a generation . |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe she just panicked for the moment , wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 26 | It thus called for the observance of a " day of solidarity with the brotherly Iraqi people " in support of a nationwide general strike on Jan. 28 . |
| 27 | Nigel meanwhile went for the beer . |
| 28 | She gazed at the new arrangement , absent-mindedly reached for the tea Julia had placed near her elbow and drank . |
| 29 | I just went for the price . |
| 30 | Just before six o'clock they finally left for the West with Rose 's ma 's warnings ringing in their ears . |