Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He designed that look for Susan Foreman , and indeed arranged to open his shop specially for me one evening so I could be ready for the production day next morning . |
| 2 | The city at night intimidated me : the piss-heads , bums , derelicts and dealers shouted and looked for fights . |
| 3 | Ignatious Bonomi and David Roberts designed and built for John Marshall a mill for the preparation and spinning of flax . |
| 4 | If an exposure does occur , a blood sample should be obtained from the individual from whom exposure occurred and tested for hepatitis B surface antigen ( HBsAg ) and HIV antibody . |
| 5 | Apricot really stole a march on the competition last September with a couple of new PCs it described as optimized for workgroup operation . |
| 6 | They recommended that grants for land improvement and drainage should be withdrawn from Section 43 areas and that all capital grant schemes in the LFA should be modified to encourage a wide range of conservation measures . |
| 7 | He argued that support for Inkatha , which had consistently opposed sanctions , was thus " non-party political " . |
| 8 | The case for using a Central Authority as a transmitting agency rests on the argument that the familiarity of its officers with the system of the Convention and with the practice of other countries would ensure that requests which it prepared or approved for transmission were in order and so would be handled expeditiously and without any need to refer a request back for clarification . |
| 9 | We noted that controlling for sex would have reduced the size of the original effect , because there would have been a spurious component stemming purely from the fact that more women are in low status jobs and more women go absent . |
| 10 | Instinct attached my hands to the reins as she accelerated and headed for home with me in tow . |
| 11 | Cameron slept instantly , and woke and dreamed and woke and dreamed for hours — the river , the cold shock of the water between his legs , the glimmer of light on the far shore , the current filling his mouth , he swam against it , it helped him , he struck out as smoothly as a seal , skimming effortlessly , he could power onwards forever , the water buoying him , his hand stroking it easily backwards without a splash … |
| 12 | His practice was an entirely common-law one : he advised and appeared for parties on libel actions ; he advised on contracts and similar matters dealt with in the common-law courts . |
| 13 | and other pleasures — a Cornish pasty crimped and kept for weeks , |
| 14 | They were all still at Chapman street in April 1818 , when Benjamin junior was baptised at St George 's , after which Elizabeth upped and left for Shoreditch and the parish of St Leonard 's , where at least one of her brothers was then living . |
| 15 | He said yesterday : ‘ It would be my biggest ever game for the club , and it 'll be the biggest since I played and scored for Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-finals last season . |
| 16 | With remarkable skill he identified and presented for selection a group of some of the leading statesmen concerned with their welfare . |
| 17 | ‘ People say I must regret joining United , but I 'm still pleased I came because working for Dave has been a great learning experience , ’ said Marwood . |
| 18 | West will again have Paul Pook at lock , with Peter Robinson in the back row , and they expect winger Dave Cooke to have recovered from an injury he suffered while guesting for Middlesbrough last Saturday . |
| 19 | And sadly , Olympic rowers are n't the only ones feeling the pinch … on the eve of a new international rugby season Gloucester 's World Cup hero Mike Teague is seeking compensation from the sport 's governing body Iron man Mike claims the shoulder injury he suffered while playing for England has stopped him from working as a builder and he 's lost between three and five thousand pounds in earnings . |
| 20 | To this she agreed and sat for Deverell , William Holman Hunt [ q.v. ] , and for ( Sir ) John Everett Millais [ q.v. ] as the drowned Ophelia . |
| 21 | He fed mints to dray horses , said hello to a caged European eagle owl called Gonzo and let two barn owls fly on and off his arm as a smiling crowd clapped and asked for autographs . |
| 22 | I watched her get smaller and smaller , then turned and headed for shore . |
| 23 | She turned and headed for home . |
| 24 | You taught them so well , ’ she went on , ‘ you 've made the name O'Malley hated and feared for miles around . |
| 25 | again and again till you sighed and turned for love . |
| 26 | Thus the letter to the shop manager should have instructed him that the goods should not be exposed or displayed or offered for sale without the label first being removed . |
| 27 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 28 | Destined to take over his father 's cattle station , he quickly defected and headed for Point Cook — the RAAF " Cranwell " — but not before several obstacles , which might have deterred many a lesser lad , had been overcome . |
| 29 | They are like heavy metal rock stars primped and primed for sex . |
| 30 | The Earl of Warwick , one of the judges , protested and asked for time to produce charters and other evidence so that ‘ we might still enjoy with quietness the possessions of our ancestors which had bin oute of the Forrest for three hundred and thirty yeares ’ . |