Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 2 | At Zog Central they found the policewoman and asked her for the key to their spaceship . |
| 3 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 4 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | No , well they 've actually done something this time , the accountant 's going to be there , I mean when we went last time they just said we know nothing about running a hall , we bought you here to tell us and charged us for the privilege . |
| 6 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 7 | She lashed the class with scorn and ridicule and punished them for the nasty thoughts in her own mind . |
| 8 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 9 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |
| 10 | Putting their dinner on the table , Trent reached for the photograph and studied it for the umpteenth time since finding it on Don Roberto 's piano — his mother , and the Colonel as a young man . |
| 11 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 12 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 13 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 14 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 15 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 16 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 17 | ‘ Before training , Barry called a meeting and said the chairman had accused us of being greedy bastards and blamed us for the fine . |
| 18 | The first indication that anything was wrong came three months after I had let the tank up and stocked it for the first time . |
| 19 | When they reached the next chamber he extinguished it and exchanged it for the torch . |
| 20 | Sheppard modelled the statue in 1911–12 and exhibited it for the first time in 1914 . |
| 21 | On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken . |
| 22 | While half of her brain hated and despised them for the job they were doing , the other half acknowledged that at least part of her present mission was to buy newspapers and read what was said . |
| 23 | De Valois saw it and accepted it for the repertory . |
| 24 | She was so proud of herself for getting that out , grinning wildly at the other woman , that Ruth could n't subject her to more and left them for the tennis courts while they unpacked the dusty Seat that seemed to be packed to the gunnels with baskets of clothes and packages . |
| 25 | She poured the coffee black , and left it for the three of them to add milk and sugar . |
| 26 | We selected some of our favourites and snapped them for the magazine |
| 27 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 28 | However , perhaps the National Deaf Club 's most distinguished member was Arthur James Wilson , who succeeded S. Bright Lucas to the presidency and held it for the rest of his life . |