Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was this detail of organisation that made Trent fear for the Belpan Republic . |
| 2 | Recently he captained Harlequins on the Saturday , flew to South Africa , was voted Man-of-the-Match playing for the South African Barbarians on the Monday and then returned to England for Quins ' league match against Leicester . |
| 3 | A CUSTOMER reports that yesterday he phoned Harrods to ask for the barber shop . |
| 4 | Daisy let Arthur pay for the funeral , although she knew he had no money . |
| 5 | The demonstrators want Britain to apologize for the executions of nine men who fought for the island 's independence in the fifties . |
| 6 | The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium . |
| 7 | Not , says UI , to kowtow to any kind of preconditions SunSoft wants UI to meet for the firm to close on the desktop issue , but simply that USL does n't have resources to do all the development work coming down the line . |
| 8 | Now they are devastated by their one-point defeat at the hands of Waterloo and must regret allowing Barnes to play for the Barbarians against Australia . |
| 9 | I hope Kelly plays for the RoI . |
| 10 | I noticed Gino reaching for the volume control on the amplifier with one hand and the restaurant light-switch with the other . |
| 11 | Applied to the human race , sexual selection allowed Darwin to account for the loss of body hair by assuming that this character had become sexually desirable among our distant ancestors . |
| 12 | Ideally , Barnes wants a Paul Gascoigne-style free reign to help England qualify for the 1994 World Cup finals . |
| 13 | To expect Paul to call for the abolition of slavery at this point in time is to be guilty of unhistorical thinking . |
| 14 | A DRY four-hour Sunday drive from Cork to Tullermeny , a small village 70 miles from Dublin , sees Bono apologising for the lack of splendour in the unceasing and somehow dainty countryscape . |
| 15 | Clegg , in the first novel , is obsessed from the beginning , after he has heard Miranda speak for the first time , he says ‘ It haunted me . |
| 16 | I mean Bradford went for the initial |
| 17 | But the best tonic of all would be seeing Liverpool challenge for the title . |
| 18 | Interview he sez ICI has for the last two decades looked at ways of helping the environment . |
| 19 | On Sunday she heard Nahum preach for the first time , and she met the assistant curate , a young , delicate-looking man by the name of Daniel Marsh . |
| 20 | Hopefully , he will not have Trish reaching for the valium in the Olympic Selection Trials ! |
| 21 | And so the board agreed to send Oliver to work for the undertaker . |
| 22 | Arctic employed McGregor to arrange for the carriage of 200 video game machines from Taiwan to Edinburgh . |
| 23 | This seemed to shake Churt out of their stride and inspire Haslemere to go for the winner . |
| 24 | Serota , who danced with the Royal Ballet ( as Angela Beveridge ) , persuaded Bruce to apply for the position of artistic director because she believed he could restore Rambert to the forefront of British dance . |
| 25 | Now God loves the world , he sent Jesus to die for the world , Jesus came , he lived a sinless life , he gave his life on the cross of Calvary , he died there for my sins they were put on him , the whole story of salvation but , salvation in it 's totality is God 's gift , I do not have to merit it . |
| 26 | A strange and , to those unaware of the Easterhouse situation , ambiguous line which saw Morrissey running for the shelter of his lawyer , Alexis Grower . |
| 27 | A determined back movement by CI saw Drummond cross for the visitors to leave the scoreline 6–8 at half time in the visitors favour . |
| 28 | Until then , cattle had been required mainly for work and milk but an increasing demand for meat inspired Bakewell to breed for the butcher rather than for the plough . |
| 29 | ‘ You think Artai cares for the law ? ’ he demanded . |
| 30 | pr I think Scotty speaks for the id to that extent , for the internal demand , you know how much fuel there is left , that 's right . |