Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second Expeditionary Force was despatched across the Channel to France , but it WAS forced to return to Britain almost immediately because the French government asked Germany for an armistice , on 17th . |
| 2 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
| 3 | He asked Sarah for the photo and he was doing his usual stuff , you know , hand on heart . |
| 4 | I see that Wetherall got MOTM for the game on Saturday from one of the tabloids , so much for me saying he was at fault for the goals . |
| 5 | In 1346 Pope Clement VI rebuked Edward for a seizure which would imperil his soul , not to mention those of the sacrilegious laymen occupying church goods . |
| 6 | The word disturbed Maria for a while afterwards , although Cavell probably had n't given it any real thought , since she appeared so untroubled , her manner calmly confident and still strictly professional . |
| 7 | He invited Lila for a night out on the town . |
| 8 | Konstantinos Kosmopoulos retained Salonika for the ND with 50.9 per cent , beating the Pasok-Left Coalition candidate . |
| 9 | Last week a team of four pupils from Mill Chase — Simon Waddell , Elsa Donovan , Elaine Eddey and Georgina Matthews — accompanied by teacher Chris Waller , visited Bohunt for the quiz . |
| 10 | NORFOLK was drawn into the Medau web in 1960 after Madge Segger and Phyllis Ratcliffe , County Physical Education Advisers , visited Wembley for the Festival of Movement and Dance . |
| 11 | Once , after a long negotiation , Swire invited Bevin for a drink and a sandwich at the City of London Club , and was reprimanded by the chairman for having brought ‘ a working man into the club ’ . |
| 12 | Lou continued to be the nearest he had to a first and real love and she still went to all the broadcasts and visited Pinewood for every film , sitting on her own canvas chair , sometimes by herself , frequently with her sister Daisy , of whom Ken himself was still very fond . |
| 13 | The Norwegian government donated some 2,000,000 kronor ( US$320,000 ) to the NCGUB , whose leader , Sein Win , visited Norway for the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi . |
| 14 | He fled Britain for a time to escape debts . |
| 15 | I therefore approached Herbert for an allowance for John which he refused . ’ |
| 16 | The memory of Mme Schlesinger , and her presence too , pursued Flaubert for the rest of his life . |
| 17 | ‘ When I beat Nick for the Barcelona Open it gave me a three-year exemption on the tour but it turned out to be a £90,000 exemption — that 's what it cost me to keep playing until I lost it in 1991 . ’ |
| 18 | Clare still swapped one night a week off with Stephanie and reported subsequent events to Gilda , who now managed the shoe shop : occasionally she visited Clare for an evening meal . |
| 19 | He so impressed Kolbe that when the great German chemist , A. W. von Hofmann , professor at the Royal College of Chemistry in London , visited Marburg in 1858 he recommended Griess for a position in Hofmann 's laboratory . |
| 20 | In her insistent way she asked Jane for the loan of a field in which to hold a charity fair . |
| 21 | Just then , a Zoggian policewoman arrived and asked Zanya for the key to their spaceship . |
| 22 | Lucente quit IBM for the number two post at Northern Telecom Ltd , where he resigned last month . |
| 23 | The following Saturday morning I asked Granpa for a couple of hours off . |
| 24 | They played Shostakovich for a week , before turning to Mozart . |
| 25 | D'Arcy savoured his brandy and studied Victor for a moment , before deciding exactly how much to tell the Frenchman . |
| 26 | The remainder of the qualifiers played Stableford for the Rentokil Cup , and once again the winners were from Environmental Services , Richard Wooding from Pest Control , Mike Bayley from Medical Services and Sal Akram from Pest Control Newcastle . |
| 27 | He studied Nuadu for a moment . |
| 28 | One contributor , reckoning that ‘ his ’ missile had shot down a Sandinista helicopter , pestered Channell for a piece of the wreckage as a souvenir . |
| 29 | I mean it 's it 's happened and I was ha I was so interested in the subject that I asked Mr for a copy of the report where it goes back in the history and of course it is the history of trading standards and , and so on . |
| 30 | The NYPL paid LACMA for the right to make use of the earlier show 's research , documentary photographs , videos , films , and other materials . |