Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needed only one irascible minister to take umbrage at some fancied slight or misdemeanour for there to be trouble . |
| 2 | He felt like it was asking him a question or searching for something in his mind . |
| 3 | Where the man was , gone or waiting for him behind the next tree , he had no idea . |
| 4 | In most cases the landlord is also the commission agent who purchases produce wholesale and either auctions it in the local market or arranges for it to be boxed and exported to Amman , an operation which requires friendly relations with the authorities in Amman . |
| 5 | The company should organise to pick it up or pay for it to be returned to them . |
| 6 | The level of attention which a special needs child might merit and deserve may not be possible — or the programme which the rest of the class follow may have to be skewed or truncated or adapted for them to be integrated . |
| 7 | ‘ He has played no part in either building the party or campaigning for it for four years now . ’ |
| 8 | She said : ‘ There was n't a place to be found in Redcar for him , and finding a private flat or bedsit for someone with little funds is very difficult . |
| 9 | All people at work are covered by the Order , whether they are employed by others , are in a managerial capacity , or work for themselves without employing others . |
| 10 | Most doubters either think they have grace or care for nothing but the day itself . |
| 11 | Dynamics of survival within the NMGC must be related to the role which the organisation has defined and redefined for itself in the light of a changing understanding of marital problems over time and in relation to the work of other agencies . |
| 12 | Marjorie left Lizzie 's body at the vet 's and arranged for her to be cremated . |
| 13 | According to legend , Dame Janet decided that these ducks would be much happier in St James 's Park and arranged for them to be escorted thence . |
| 14 | Three years later , he emigrated with his parents to Israel , yet became a frequent commuter to the major musical centres of Europe , where he caught the eye of such musical heavyweights as Edwin Fischer , Wilhelm Furtwangler and ( most especially ) Arthur Rubinstein , who took an immense interest in the young pianist and arranged for him to be represented by his agent , the legendary Sol Hurok . |
| 15 | He telephoned the Forensic Science Laboratory and arranged for someone to be sent down . |
| 16 | The chief preoccupation of Methuen 's later years , apart from his painting , and one for which he denied himself many luxuries , was the restoration , maintenance , and improvement of Corsham Court , the family seat , and of the collection of pictures which hung in the magnificent gallery built and furnished for them in the 1760s . |
| 17 | She seemed uncertain of her English , and asked for everything to be repeated . |
| 18 | His mother , unable to find the strength to battle against him , wrote to the school and asked for him to be excused . |
| 19 | I had a fair idea as to who had done it , and I passed on my suspicions about so-and-so and so-and-so , and asked for something to be done about it . |
| 20 | Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged . |
| 21 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 22 | The letter did not say that they would continue to be charged for the service , unless they wrote and asked for it to be stopped . |
| 23 | On 28 August 1651 , while Alured was evidently on his deathbed , James Chaloner [ q.v. ] , the Yorkshire MP , reported to the House that Alured was owed £8,769 and asked for it to be paid . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I took it in yesterday and asked for it to be repaired as soon as possible . |
| 25 | Each writer is introduced by Ms Washington and placed for us against her proper contemporary backdrop , so that we can see and understand some of the pressures and concerns that shaped her writing , her style and her narrative voice . |
| 26 | The CFD , however , declared that early elections would inevitably be rigged , and pressed for them to be held in April 1993 . |
| 27 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 28 | But Beatriz Lavandera has adopted this approach to syntactic variation in a much more radical form , and argued for it in some detail . |
| 29 | If you are a supplier of goods or services where turnover exceeds the current registration threshold you have to charge VAT and account for it to Customs and Excise . |
| 30 | And catering for everything from carrot juice to champagne , open sandwiches to a 5 course meal . |