Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If future league tables report disaggregated profiles for resources and costs for each study then the costs may be validated or recalculated for the decision maker 's own setting . |
| 2 | The tests show people with symptomless HIV did not benefit in terms of survival or spread of the disease , whether they took the drug immediately on diagnosis or waited for the onset of infection . |
| 3 | She strode out of the cupboard that passed for the shuttle 's sick bay and into the cabin . |
| 4 | With better information , the chemical worker would ask for a wage that compensated for the danger of illness but would still neglect the marginal cost that illness would impose on society through expensive health care , which uses society 's resources but may be free to the individual . |
| 5 | When one boy attempted to impart some sense of movement to the still life by pouring himself an imaginary cup of tea the teacher lightly but firmly kicked him back to his seat , smiling and talking in a manner that confirmed for the pupil the ‘ naturalness ’ of this action . |
| 6 | We could be back to the boom that led to the crash that lost the job that paid for the house that Jack bought . |
| 7 | We used a logistic regression method for analysing our two stage study that allowed for the control sample being stratified and corrected the estimates for differing sampling rates in different strata ( the different hospitals ) . |
| 8 | They based the Alliance 's first ‘ Force Goals ’ upon outdated concepts that called for the deployment of very large conventional forces by the Alliance . |
| 9 | The rate recorded for the South East was under half that recorded for the North of England . |
| 10 | The third will that contended for the world was the human will itself . |
| 11 | And what Dougie said , that went for the rest of them . |
| 12 | Analyses of voting patterns revealed that it was primarily the racist demagoguery against foreign nationals living in West Germany that accounted for the party 's victories . |
| 13 | On Norfolk Island , John met Mary Ann Shears , the daughter of a convict and they formed an attachment that lasted for the rest of his life . |
| 14 | And if you found that you had entered the company of players , of actors , of those descended from strolling vagabonds and historically always noted and envied for the looseness of their morals , then all your Christmases came at once . |
| 15 | he came and asked for the duster and the polish |
| 16 | It 's been going on for about seventeen months now and the in chief man at Hill House was rather interested to hear that we 'd not actually had it resolved yet , and asked for the reference numbers and . |
| 17 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 18 | Blanche turned her biro slowly round in her fingers , meditating on the patterns created by the octagonal tube of plastic , and asked for the name of the dry cleaner 's . |
| 19 | He then knelt and confessed his sin to God and asked for the forgiveness that is in Christ to be his . |
| 20 | ‘ One member of staff left for a moment and a man in his mid-30s appeared out of nowhere with what appeared to be a gun and pushed it into the other assistant 's ribs and asked for the money . |
| 21 | Mr McAteer said : ‘ I was in the Sheriff Clerk 's Office and asked for the defence documents . |
| 22 | From a cafe " behind the Nile , Frenchman called the Oberoi and asked for the Queen . |
| 23 | Bishop Stratford , preaching on the text ‘ My head is sick ’ , announced the decision to depose the king nevertheless and asked for the assent of the commons . |
| 24 | Next I had yet another idea , I wrote to the American Women 's Club of Thailand and asked for the donation of a video player . |
| 25 | Joseph of Arimathaea , a member of the Sanhedrin who was obviously sympathetic to Jesus ( Matthew claims he had become a secret disciple ) , went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus . |
| 26 | Jeffrey had a word with Serevi , who to Townsend 's bewilderment , appeared at his shoulder and asked for the Gala teenager 's autograph . |
| 27 | Helen to be contacted and asked for the plinth so that this can be completed before this years event . |
| 28 | There also sometimes seems to be a feeling that the media could have got themselves better organised and asked for the material earlier . |
| 29 | They marched into the shop and asked for the manager . |
| 30 | As she spoke , Jack moved his hand gently on to hers and asked for the salt . |