Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , these two characteristics of the artefact — its extreme visibility and its extreme invisibility — may also , through their relationship , in large measure account for our difficulty in appreciating the importance of material culture for social relations . |
| 2 | Her book is not a comprehensive history of English garden design , but a much chancier , though equally delightful narrative depending for its emphasis on what happened to find its way into the collection . |
| 3 | Speaker J , in his preceding contribution , has talked about the money received for his work at a particular point in the past . |
| 4 | When Stoker approached him with a play intended for his master , Irving , taking no thought of the devotion shown by his factotum , reacted along a scale from dismissiveness to contempt . |
| 5 | As in the case of the central government , the new Bihar ministry relied for its survival on the outside support of the two communist parties and the BJP . |
| 6 | In order to test the coverage of the lexicon , the test part of the LOB corpus was retrieved and each word in the text checked for its existence in the lexicon . |
| 7 | Today at the appeal court his counsel asked for his prison term to be reduced , saying it was a bad case , but not the worst case . |
| 8 | Fabia at once volunteered , her heart aching for her sister . |
| 9 | Small by traditional standards , handsome and far too athletic-looking , he used pure muscular strength allied to unnerving concentration and flawless technique to compensate for his lack of body weight . |
| 10 | Britain never adopted the terms of the Convention because the Government Actuary considered that it threatened to usurp the husband 's responsibility to provide for his family and because it would have resulted in the payment of higher National Health Insurance ( NHI ) contributions . |
| 11 | That list is sent in the er assignment pack to the estate agent to wait for your arrival . |
| 12 | The move was apparently intended to deflect the current wave of protests , increasingly directed at Ratsiraka personally as the 16-party opposition Comité de forces vives coalition pressed for his resignation . |
| 13 | She wants the killer caught for their sake . |
| 14 | She wants the killer caught for their sake . |
| 15 | They removed files of documents and tape prepared for his defence to charges of burglary . |
| 16 | Verb-phrase anaphora occurs when a verb-phrase depends for its interpretation on another verb-phrase occurring earlier in the spoken or written discourse . |
| 17 | Each term depends for its existence , that sort of existence it has , on being in relation with the other . |
| 18 | ‘ Here 's a horse waiting for ye sir . ’ |
| 19 | Spry , who has spent the duration of the interview waiting for his chicken and pineapple pizza to arrive , flicks through a copy of Vogue Collection . |
| 20 | Which piece to use for which course . |
| 21 | She used an old black quilted petticoat and found some furry black fabric to use for its head and feet . |
| 22 | The failure of the Accord was also a severe blow to Mulroney and prompted opposition calls for his resignation . |
| 23 | However , minutes earlier , James Sutherland had approached a woman in the street to have an ambulance called for his friend who was inside , the High Court in Edinburgh was told . |
| 24 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman 's achievements in the four years since they had joined forces were — even in an industry known for its hyperbole — sensational . |
| 25 | ANOTHER girl aged 11 has also won legal aid to fight for her right to live with foster parents . |
| 26 | In return , we expect the industry to fight for its share of the electricity market by improved productivity . |
| 27 | He was busily pruning his nails with a pair of scissors and trying to make up his mind about the proper degree of flippancy to adopt for his conversation with Madeleine , when the romance of his afternoon was suddenly eclipsed by the strident voice of his father , grating like a rusty wheel on a dry axle . |
| 28 | When you or your travel agent asks for your holiday booking to be confirmed , we allocate your chosen holiday to you and give confirmation of the booking at that moment . |
| 29 | The teacher as the Mayor asks for their help . |
| 30 | She was partly at a loss to account for her fear of the man , which was surely irrational . |