Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 They 've got all his tablets sorted for him for coming home .
2 I got back to Ingard House a bit after four o'clock , and went up to rooms 207–8 , the offices allotted to us for the purposes of our audit .
3 Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time .
4 The blue eyes bored into her for a long moment , and she fought the urge to look away from his coldly penetrating look .
5 His eyes bored into hers for another nerve-stretching minute , then he seemed to relax and accept her answer .
6 The widespread influence of Kerschensteiner ensured that reformers referred to him for guidance on the matter .
7 The extent to which British administrators depended on them for information varied greatly according to the social composition of the district and the competence of the civil servant in charge .
8 Universities are supposed to ensure that all posts approved by them for general clinical experience meet the GMC 's recommendations .
9 It might have been the man that he 'd seen before or it might not ; his face was no more than a characterless oval with a few spare lines drawn on it for features .
10 Polisario announced that its forces had begun to relocate in the assembly areas allocated to them for the period of the ceasefire .
11 However , the number of applications received by him/her for the single fields depends on the ranking .
12 However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century .
13 In my last message I listed the impressive accolades won by you for Rentokil in the past year .
14 One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do .
15 Local dentists called the meeting after learning ministers wanted to reduce the 25pc subsidies paid to them for NHS patients .
16 Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge .
17 On those grounds , the court in reply to the questions referred to it for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales , Queen 's Bench Division , by order of 10 March 1989 , hereby rules :
18 A sudden dedication to a foreign influence like Hegel or Derrida , brief but intense , is about the only thing there is that can cause the British to lose a sense of humour or a sense of proportion , and during the first London production of Waiting for Godot in 1955 I was reproached by strangers seated around me for laughing , though I still think it a funny play .
19 If in future , however , reporting of each estimate is extended to include descriptive profiles of quality of life — that is , health states and the valuations placed on them for the new and comparison treatment — then this may enhance credibility and allow reworking in alternative settings .
20 Shortly before the announcement of his resignation there were press reports that FBI agents had reviewed Gray 's 1990 financial disclosures and had sought records concerning payments made to him for speaking engagements .
21 The hours of London tailors were fixed by statute , but the journeymen could still complain that the masters called upon them for only half a day , leaving them in their public houses all morning .
22 The company which had discovered and later granted licences for the drug , Chemie Grunenthal of Germany , had criminal charges brought against them for deliberately falsifying the test data and concealing the truth about the drug 's serious side effects ( Sunday Times Insight Team 1979 ) .
23 And then , I liked having nice little teas served to me for a change ; to have Wilson taking care of me and treating me like a lady — because there was a little something between us .
24 The plaintiff sought to recover dues paid by him for landing stone for which , unknown to him , he was not liable because the stone was covered by an exemption .
25 There was a chest-of-drawers painted pale blue with flowers cut from seed-packets glued onto it for decoration .
26 At the time of writing it seems that digital tape recorders sold to the public will have various anti-piracy measures built into them for this very reason .
27 McMillen , writer at Edin. for Defending the Country against the Sub penas Served against them for Candle and Leather .
28 McMillen , writer at Edin. for Defending the Country against the Sub penas Served against them for Candle and Leather .
29 His hands tightened on her for an instant , and then he let her go .
30 An essential part of all eel tanks is sliding glass covers , so these were duly closed and the eels left to themselves for the night while I hoped that they were strong enough to survive the constant stress that they had endured over the past thirty-six hours .
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