Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the previous election I stood for election to a United Kingdom Parliament , as did the hon. Gentleman . |
| 2 | That afternoon I left for Abu Dhabi with the promise that I would indeed see them in Al Ain in a week 's time . |
| 3 | Randalstown are the side everyone tipped for league glory . |
| 4 | The deal I concluded for Jean-Claude amounted to twice the sum that had been pencilled in . |
| 5 | I have no interest to declare in the construction industry , but during my first 10 years in that industry I worked for John Laing , then I worked for Wimpey for about eight years , and I was the head of the largest direct labour organisation in the country — the Greater London council — for nearly three years . |
| 6 | One of them , a leather skirt she made for Dannii , still occupies pride of place in her little sister 's wardrobe . |
| 7 | I could make no further headway with the landlord so I made enquiries amongst the other customers : a beggar who whined for alms inside the doorway and a greasy-haired knave , but they only repeated what the landlord had said . |
| 8 | Alfred Taban , a Sudanese journalist who worked for Reuters and the BBC , was also arrested in early April . |
| 9 | McQuade was a working-class Protestant , ex-soldier , docker , and professional boxer who sat for North Belfast and continued the independent unionist tradition of men like Henderson and Nixon . |
| 10 | The number-two car with Dino Tremiti had done well and held current pole position , but even if Ace did brilliantly the Brazilian who drove for Carlisle Flint 's closest rivals was hot on his tail , and he had a reputation for being able to go just that little bit faster under the pressure of a time to beat . |
| 11 | ‘ Until very recently the bedroom he intended for Inez and himself was fully furnished , the bed made , pyjamas laid out , fresh flowers and a ticking clock on the bedside table . |
| 12 | She thought his Catholicism , the emotion he mistook for faith , was a pity . |
| 13 | He would accept 20% of these offerings insisting that the bulk he kept for children and dependents . |
| 14 | No , it was not really disgust he felt for people like Alexai Ybreska ; it was pity . |
| 15 | Now , however , Freud expands that concept as well and interestingly enough he goes back to the first term he used for repression . |
| 16 | The unnerving grey-green eyes narrowed slightly , and as Tara appeared with a tray he gestured for Virginia to sit at the table , his gaze not leaving her as she reluctantly did so . |
| 17 | One of the founders so admired the puritan he stood for Parliament in 1968 under the banner of the John Hampden New Freedom Party . |
| 18 | The defenders were unsuccessful in their arguments on the interpretation of the clause in the contract which provided for payment of 75 per cent of the price on delivery . |
| 19 | Seldom , if ever , in the last 10 years has the world governing body of cricket made a decision which called for guts . |
| 20 | At our first lunch I asked for canneloni to fill myself up . |
| 21 | Whether in London , Abu Dhabi or Al Ain , in a hotel or in the desert I searched for times of quiet as a starving man searches for food . |
| 22 | At low tide the bed of the estuary was mainly hard packed sand which stretched for miles , up and downstream , and for most of its mile width . |
| 23 | ‘ Darlington Business Venture helped me put a package together and draw up a business plan which qualified for Enterprise Allowance . ’ |
| 24 | An attitude which had for generations seemed common-sense now appeared archaic , part of a vanishing world . |
| 25 | You could see the filth heaving with them as you peered through the crudely cut holes in the wood which served for seats , and sometimes they would crawl out through these holes and invade the neighbouring parts of the camp . |
| 26 | It took many months of research on the part of Vanessa Forbes to track down the 21 of Marjorie Worgan 's original class members ( some now grannies ) who managed to attend the surprise lunch she organised for Marjorie 's 80th birthday . |
| 27 | Will the Minister confirm that in the summer he met a group from Derbyshire county council who asked for £140 million , spread over the next three years , to get rid of all outstanding repairs and make necessary improvements ? |
| 28 | The reverence she had for glamour touched him . |
| 29 | In the Second Test we struggled for possession and spent the whole match backpedalling ’ . |
| 30 | The crowds have not spat out his name with quite the virulence they showed for Mr Milos Jakes and Mr Miroslav Stepan , the Prague party supremo , in their last days , but there has always been an underlying , almost universal contempt . |