Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 3 | BASIC INSTINCT is already famous , a ) for the precedent-setting and record-breaking three million bucks writer Joe Eszterhas got for the screenplay , and b ) for the concerted efforts of the American lesbian and gay community to harass the production because of its alleged depiction of lesbianism and bisexual women as homicidal maniacs , and standing outside theatres giving away the surprise ending . |
| 4 | ‘ Pozzo , ’ Haverford translated for the benefit of the English present . |
| 5 | In 1923 Van Der Meulen applied for the post of consul there and was selected for a three-year training in Arabic and Islam by the great Leiden Arabist , Snouck Hurgronje . |
| 6 | De la Mare asked for the Earl of March to be appointed to the advisory group , together with the Earls of Warwick , Stafford and Suffolk . |
| 7 | The Yasa provided for the settlement of disputes and affairs of honour only between the races of the True People , for they alone were equipped with the talons with which the kanly — formal mortal combat — was fought . |
| 8 | Having evaded the other Fiats , Taylour headed for the carrier with his wounded TAG , where only prompt and skilful action by the ‘ Ark 's , surgeon prevented the loss of Howard 's leg . |
| 9 | He then spent a brief spell on the staff at the Gaczyna spy school before being sent to Angola in 1974 as a senior military adviser ; three years later he took over as commandant of the notorious Balashikha , a centre on the outskirts of Moscow used for the training of international terrorists . |
| 10 | In fact , such was the sheer awesomeness of Mr Wilson 's fury that , as one person , the whole assembled mass headed for the door at top speed . |
| 11 | Consequently , our analysis used statistical methods appropriated for the analysis of data with unobserved effects ( our data comprised of a large number of daily histories , in the late 1980's which had been previously collected ) . |
| 12 | The beginning of that evolution is usually dated to the constitution which Solon produced for the city in or around the year 594 BC.Solon 's intervention was itself the outcome of a period of conflict between " the masse and " the notable , according to the account given by Aristotle in The Athenian Constitution . |
| 13 | The third narrative tells how George Meredith modelled for the corpse in the painting and how his wife then ran away with the painter ( see also the sonnets in Meredith 's Modern Love ) . |
| 14 | Thus Mary of Guise and cardinal Beaton fought for the support of lord Gray and lord Ruthven ; Beaton won the first , though in 1548 he came over to Mary ; two years after the cardinal 's death , Mary won the second . |
| 15 | Educated at University College London ( 1879–83 ) in general science , Hatch qualified for the gold medal and Tuffnell scholarship in analytical chemistry in the intermediate science examination in 1881 . |
| 16 | The teenage PODs lived for the moment and their songs , all crash-bang-wallop-bang-crash , reflected this . |
| 17 | Ann headed for the kitchen . |
| 18 | And the car — the car headed for the Monument , ’ explained Jack as his mother came slowly over . |
| 19 | Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him . |
| 20 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Oliver called after him as Cobalt headed for the kitchen . |
| 21 | Charlotte Fischer , Emma Sokell and Sarah Spittle ran both for the College and the University Blues Team , and Vicki Edwards and Katherine Walker played for the University Women 's Tennis Team . |
| 22 | Because the $17,000 Dustin received for the picture was not enough to ensure any real security for himself , let alone Anne and the child , he was still not prepared to get married . |
| 23 | Leeming signalled for the pad and took it from Duncan . |
| 24 | Some of the guilds were quite large , especially in the greater towns and cities , and wealthy enough to have not only their own chantry priest but also their own altars within the church , and there were even instances when funds allowed for the building of an additional aisle as a guild chapel . |
| 25 | Welling were originally told £2.70 , but when young Welling fans arrived for the match they found it was £3.90 . |
| 26 | Lucy paid for the coffee and the rolls full of ham and cheese . |
| 27 | gaps in the lexicon can be filled , when necessary , with new words coined for the purpose . |
| 28 | Now in pursuance of the premisses the said lords spirituall and temporall and commons in Parlyament assembled for the ratifying confirming and establishing the said declaration and the articles clauses matters and things therein contained by the force of a law made in due for me by authority of Parlyament doe pray that it may be declared and enacted that all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration are the true auntient and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this king dome and soe shall be esteemed allowed adjudged deemed and taken to be and that all and every the particulars aforesaid shall be firmly and strictly hold en and observed as they are expressed in the said declaration . |
| 29 | The Hague Convention of 1965 reflects this general approach and in later inter-American discussions the United States pressed for the acceptance of that Convention as the basis for regional co-operation , but unavailingly . |
| 30 | It is understood that GGT pitched for the company 's media business as early as last August , without LH-S ' knowledge , and the decision to move the account was taken before Christmas . |