Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | An investigation is under way into what went wrong and the trouble did n't stop there , because back on the pitch Tredworth , full-back , Andy Hill got himself sent for allegedly throwing a punch . |
| 2 | ‘ Pertwee told me to wait for Charlie Hatton , ’ Cullam said . |
| 3 | Shufflebotham watched him work for a few moments . |
| 4 | Malpass suggested we go for a drink . |
| 5 | Branson held her to contract for five more months , preventing her from working anywhere else , until he decided it was unreasonable to hold her any longer , and she was at last able to find work elsewhere in the record industry . |
| 6 | ‘ Miss Tuckey told us to look for a narrow objective within a broader attack . |
| 7 | With a mixture of demonstrations , simple methods and constant humour , Nancy taught us to fend for ourselves . |
| 8 | This is another reason why he likes working with people he knows , because they also know him and his quirks , and Carol knew what to write for him . |
| 9 | Washington said it knew for months that secret PLO-Israel negotiations were going on in Norway , but was surprised by the level of detail in the agreement hammered out in those Oslo talks . |
| 10 | ‘ Since Maurice heard them coming for him that night . ’ |
| 11 | Paddy rolled his smokes for him . |
| 12 | Streicher preferred it to force for producing a forte . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , Michele had it done for his wife . |
| 14 | Mr Kearsley said he hoped for an out-of-court settlement . |
| 15 | CATHERINE Did you come for money then ? |
| 16 | See the harvest field , you and I get the benefit from , but Jesus said you pray for labourers to go into the harvest field . |
| 17 | Nerves got the better of me and only when Les Cox stopped me to go for another take did I realise I 'd got my letters mixed up and had inadvertently said : ‘ Will you switch these sans off please ? |
| 18 | Daisy Pettigrew changed her reading for her long distance glasses , so that she could see the vicarage garden more clearly . |
| 19 | Ingard kept us waiting for nearly ten minutes — pompous ass , I thought . |
| 20 | Carol had told him before he went home , so Bissett knew what to look for — Carol was the conduit of all the gossip for H3 — and it put him in his best humour of the day . |
| 21 | Ron said he spoke for Don when he told Luke that he was a great admirer of his material . |
| 22 | Billy suggested they look for a shady spot for the picnic in the covert they were approaching . |
| 23 | Isay helped him dress for the banquet that evening , showing no resentment at having to double as valet as well as bodyguard . |
| 24 | Late 1940s Britain like early 1980s Britain felt itself strapped for cash . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , she was a handsome woman and very competent and Modi persuaded her to pose for him nude . |
| 26 | Dr Stehelin said he worked for Dr Bishop and Dr Varmus in their San Francisco laboratory between 1972 and 1975 , and was the principal signer of the first article in the scientific magazine Nature , in 1976 , that said a cancer virus was causing cancer by means of a gene it had captured from normal cells . |
| 27 | I think that 's where Caroline said we go for a cake . |
| 28 | He was , and when the youth heard that Herbert Chapman wanted him to play for Huddersfield , ‘ I remember how he dropped the barrow . |
| 29 | Burgess got himself caught for speeding three times in the same day , caused a deliberate rumpus with his inimitable flair for trouble-making , and departed under an engineered cloud . |
| 30 | A bemused Southall found himself cautioned for time-wasting and a few seconds later had to pick the ball out of the net . |