Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] for the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An advance group of undergraduates moved in for the Michaelmas Term . |
| 2 | Helena Swanwick became a close friend of C. P. Scott [ q.v. ] and his wife Rachel , and over the next eighteen years wrote and reviewed regularly for the Manchester Guardian on domestic and feminist subjects and gardening . |
| 3 | The wind caught it and it bounced awkwardly for the St Aloysius defence and Roy Montgomery went in for a try under the posts which was converted by Ross Houghton . |
| 4 | The Jacobite cause fell and the indecisive Prince with it , but there were those who fought not for the Stuarts , but for their country . |
| 5 | Ships from Alexandria sailed daily for the Atlantic coast of Europe . |
| 6 | He lifted a strong hand , signalled brusquely for the Mercedes to pick them up , and pushed her into the rear seats , sliding in next to her . |
| 7 | A minion replied stiffly for the PMG that this was ‘ not considered desirable ’ . |
| 8 | Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear after just 1,987 fans turned up for the Coca-Cola match against Bolton |
| 9 | He did n't reply , but made straight for the Chesterfield . |
| 10 | Environment and parliamentary groups pressed repeatedly for the UK to drop its opposition to the Directive . |
| 11 | With a price tag of £415,000 , some of those who signed up for the XJ 220 are backing out , despite having paid a deposit of £50,000 . |
| 12 | The first programme consists of his first commissioned ballet , Danses Concertantes , the early whimsical Solitaire , and the powerful Las Hermanas made originally for the Stuttgart Ballet in 1963 , remounted for SWRB in 1976 and not seen at the Wells since 1984 . |
| 13 | Rodber packed down for the Midlands against his northern brethren in last season 's Divisional Championship . |
| 14 | He worked successively for the BBC World Service and for the news agencies Associated Press and Reuters . |
| 15 | The European Commission has accepted the first set of standards worked out for the EC 's ecolabelling scheme , which aims to inform consumers about the environmental impact of particular products . |
| 16 | The Spartans offence then fumbled the ball and seconds later running back Eric Okatu went in for the Tornadoes ' second T.D . |
| 17 | Pilots were to be Russ Boardman and Lee Gehlbach , but Boardman was injured prior to the race and Doolittle found he had no mount ( his landing gear had jammed ) , so he took over for the Thompson . |
| 18 | It was flown by Geoff Dodd , a company pilot : ‘ I picked up my survival suit , cleared Special Branch , and took off for the Isle of Man suited-up and wearing a life-jacket . |
| 19 | The police were called at once and the District Chief of Police , whose recent experiences had reinforced a strong natural tendency towards caution , sent immediately for the Mamur Zapt . |
| 20 | WILLIAM SHAWCROSS , opposite page , never lived in Vietnam , but went there for The Sunday Times six times between 1972 and 1983 . |
| 21 | The P1154 went ahead for the RAF only ; and the Navy was allowed to buy the American Phantom . |
| 22 | It was achieved because many Protestants voted tactically for the SDLP instead of the Ulster Unionists . |
| 23 | She was a gifted pianist and musician , wrote several hymns , and spoke frequently for the London Missionary Society throughout the country . |
| 24 | The mother ship of Japan 's four-vessel whaling fleet left yesterday for the Antarctic , where officials say it will catch 300 whales in the third year of a controversial research programme . |
| 25 | Irish raider General Idea warmed up for the Mackeson with a win at Punchestown yesterday . |
| 26 | JON Joannides warmed up for the Lombard RAC Rally in the best possible way by winning the Cambrian Rally . |
| 27 | An independent inquiry carried out for the DTI by Sir Godfrey le Quesne QC in 1989 emphasised the reliance the DTI had placed on Spicers ' opinion in granting BC a licence in 1985 . |
| 28 | Indeed research carried out for the Maud Committee on local government reform in 1967 showed that 35 per cent of rural district council members were farmers , far and away the most numerous section and more than twice as many as the next largest group . |
| 29 | A sample survey carried out for the NCC in 1978 showed that most country-dwellers go to town or out-of-town shopping centres to buy things like furniture or clothes . |
| 30 | I waded out over the shallows until I came to them , and gathered the ones I could , looking up from my harvest as Esmerelda and kite struck out for the North Sea . |