Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For four years , Edouard lived for his work . |
| 2 | She deserted her artist 's studio in Chelsea to work for her mother 's Women 's Social and Political Union when it transferred from Manchester to London in 1905 and became honorary secretary . |
| 3 | The definition the CSD used for its survey was : ‘ organisations which have been set up or adopted by Departments and provided with funds to perform some function which the Government wish to have performed but which it did not wish to be the direct responsibility of a Minister or Department ’ . |
| 4 | Rumour has it that last season their manager dressed a dozen tailor 's dummies in Aston Villa strips for his team to practise their passing and dribbling sills . |
| 5 | A story of a man called Texaz looking for his woman and of a girl called Sabi looking for something else . |
| 6 | Anyone who watched the drubbing poor Neil Lyndon received for his attack on extreme feminism , No More Sex War , and has a taste for more of the same will relish Not Guilty : In Defence of the Modern Man ( Weidenfeld , February , £8.99 , 0 297 81216 5 ) , in which David Thomas reveals the fruits of his researches into how The Guys have been Really Hurting because of their treatment at the hands of women lately . |
| 7 | Just four miles away is Impruneta noted for its terracotta tiles ( including those on Brunelleschi 's dome ) and for its pottery . |
| 8 | ‘ I called you because I 'm frightened , honest-to-God scared for my life . |
| 9 | Andy prepares for his image make-over |
| 10 | Samir Geaga , the leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces ( LF ) , continued his campaign against the government and on 28 Jan. called for its dissolution . |
| 11 | In sending his contribution to the fund for Benjamin Haydon , Sir Walter Scott apologized for its smallness , but he had been ‘ a little extravagant lately ’ . |
| 12 | Patrick Molloy , 11 , added : ‘ I can tell you what my brother David chose for his dinner . |
| 13 | Donna reached for her handbag and took the photo out . |
| 14 | Pomiane chose for his career the study of biology , specialising in food chemistry and dietetics . |
| 15 | Stok reached for his riding breeches , buttoned himself into them , tucked his shirt in , then walked across to where I was sitting . |
| 16 | Percy Feilding fell for it hook , line and sinker and ended by buying this , the most perfect small Tudor house in Oxfordshire . |
| 17 | Barnett fumbled for his wallet . |
| 18 | During the first opium war ( 1840–2 ) , after Hong Kong was occupied by the British expedition , Matheson purchased for his firm the first plots of land offered for sale on the island . |
| 19 | She expected Lucy to head for their office : no one else was ever in before noon on the top floor . |
| 20 | Greta fought for his rehabilitation . |
| 21 | SIR — Stephen Fry gives too much credit to P. G. Wodehouse , for it was W. S. Gilbert who , in 1881 , created the Duke of Dunstable — a gallant officer of the 35th Dragoon Guards who sacrificed himself in marriage to the Lady Jane to compensate for her misfortune in being distinctly plain . |
| 22 | 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary having considered the Petition and proceedings , no Answers having been lodged , Nominates and Appoints to be curator bonis to designed in the Petition with the usual powers and decerns ; authorises the said after finding caution to enter on the duties of his office upon a certified copy of this interlocutor with a schedule of the curatory estate annexed thereto ; and that upon condition that before issue of a certified copy interlocutor of his appointment he shall lodge in the hands of the Accountant of Court a bond binding himself to lodge Accounts annually with the Accountant of Court and otherwise to conduct the affairs of the curatory estate in all respects in conformity with the laws and practice of Scotland ; to appear before the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland to answer for his conduct as curator aforesaid or in connection with any matter arising out of said curatory ; to submit himself to and prorogate the jurisdiction of the Court of Session for said purposes and to assign an address in Scotland where he may be cited , and decerns ( * Finds the expenses of this application and procedure following thereon to form a proper charge upon the curatory estate , and remits the account thereof , when lodged , to the Auditor of Court for taxation ) . |
| 23 | But the monomode fibre that British Telecom favours for its trunk lines costs up to £700 per kilometre . |
| 24 | The next day the Lapp arrived for his drink , but we had seen no evidence of a trail . |
| 25 | Her marriage had ended the night when she told Neil Fraser she was going back to Ireland to look for her brother . |
| 26 | One thing which is immediately apparent here is that the designers have been looking at the Music Man and Chandler ranges for their inspiration . |
| 27 | I immediately wrote to Colonel Sandford asking for his help in collecting my caravan , and he promised to do whatever he could . |
| 28 | Only two weeks ago , Hendry sent a plea to Roxburgh asking for his chance at the highest level . |
| 29 | Bourne reached for his copy of the case file and referred to the index . |
| 30 | Ronni reached for her bag , which was lying on a nearby armchair . |