Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed uncertain of her English , and asked for everything to be repeated . |
| 2 | His mother , unable to find the strength to battle against him , wrote to the school and asked for him to be excused . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I took it in yesterday and asked for it to be repaired as soon as possible . |
| 9 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 10 | But Beatriz Lavandera has adopted this approach to syntactic variation in a much more radical form , and argued for it in some detail . |
| 11 | ‘ He got away from me and came for me with his fists . |
| 12 | They kept their secret identities and paid for it through their Swiss bank accounts . |
| 13 | I mean I think it 's , I mean I I have personally asked this question a number of times and pressed for everybody to be paid properly in inverted commas , I E monthly , but this is an assumption about a certain lifestyle and a certain way of budgeting which er I do n't think we have necessarily the right or , you know it 's not necessarily our |
| 14 | Placing quality and independence in combination in such questioning , he reflected the problems and pressed for them to be treated with urgency to achieve a ‘ collective resolution ’ . |
| 15 | I went and sat in the churchyard and wept for Mrs Mitchell and Nelly and prayed for myself to be forgiven and for them to be looked after . |
| 16 | It seems that Antonietta was nearby when I fainted and arranged for me to be taken back to her house . |
| 17 | and worked for him for ten years on surveys and designs for many of his works . |
| 18 | She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving . |
| 19 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 20 | She had the guts to decide what she wanted and went for it in an open , una-shamed way . |
| 21 | ‘ In fact , I did n't even know McCallen had n't started for I just got my head down and went for it from the fall of the flag . |
| 22 | Gore apparently did not want his name on the cover of the book and wished for it to be published by the Canadian fascist , Arcand , so that he could not be sued . |
| 23 | I too hoped and waited for one until now — but in vain . |
| 24 | After she had signed in , Brian Everthorpe directed her to the section of the car park reserved for visitors , and waited for her at the entrance to the Administration Block . |
| 25 | I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time . |