Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 2 | After the winner I rode for him at York . ’ |
| 3 | I called for him at Faber 's — ; which meant waiting downstairs either du côté de chez Swan or in the small waiting-room crowded with Faber books ready for dispatch — ; and we caught a train to Merstham from Victoria . |
| 4 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |
| 5 | I waited for you at the gate . |
| 6 | I sat for it at Sutton Place — he did n't clown around when he was painting me , but talked of David , Ingres , Velázquez . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps you have observed me , I am often around , if you are not fixed up at the moment what about me waiting for you at the bus stop tonight ? |
| 8 | Will you wait for me at three-thirty ? |
| 9 | Why did n't you send for me at once ? ’ |
| 10 | He and the princess still talk about the spaghetti suppers she cooked for him at her flat in Earl 's Court . |
| 11 | The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s . |
| 12 | The voting er you voted for them at the delegate meeting and I think it was the six top six highest in the vote became the standing orders . |
| 13 | The fairy Grandmarina appears , and gives Alicia a magic fishbone that will bring her whatever she wishes for ‘ provided she wishes for it at the right time ’ . |
| 14 | Training is usually on the job and the main employers are the large commercial potteries concentrated in the North Staffordshire area , although there is nothing to stop you working for yourself at home . |
| 15 | Just a reminder of that er quiz competition we have for you at the moment , we 're giving away a Superbike video and the quiz question for you is about motorbike riders and we want you identify the nationality of these three riders please , Michael is rider A , Randy is rider B and is rider C. |
| 16 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 17 | They looked for it at the hospital and at the police station . |
| 18 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 19 | It means living with the perspective that we are in touch with the Lord Whose Son died so that we might enjoy the sort of life that He planned for us at the beginning of Genesis , and living with that perspective and privilege . |
| 20 | When the post of Missioner at Warrington became vacant , he applied for it at the age of 38 , and he remained at Warrington until his retirement thirty years later . |
| 21 | The report on the projected sales for the next quarter , he asked for it at the last meeting , it 's okay . |
| 22 | Throughout his life the author loved and drew inspiration from the whole region , from Smailholm to ‘ Scott 's View ’ above the river Tweed and the house he built for himself at Abbotsford . |
| 23 | I wonder if it counts for anything at all when it comes to expressing more profound thought . |
| 24 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 25 | He calls for me at nine , |
| 26 | Was he running for it at last ? |
| 27 | After opening nights at Blackpool , she would snub John ; when he waited for her at the front entrance with their car and chauffeur she would deliberately slip out of the Stage Door and go home by tram . |
| 28 | Whenever Jacob was meeting Deirdre outside college hours he waited for her at the bottom of Patrick 's Hill where it joined King Street . |
| 29 | Clare was in the bathroom , and he waited for her at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 30 | To generalize and say that it stood for anything at all was self-delusion and deceit . |