Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Thomas , as so often before , turned to his relatives for help . |
| 2 | When they had eaten their lunch in the dining room they withdrew to their rooms for a siesta . |
| 3 | We used to do the live show that was never broadcast — it was just the bit after all the other stars have been on stage and mimed to their records for the audience . |
| 4 | Franco made clear what those choices were in a " National Programme for Resurgence " which he personally drew up and passed to his ministers for action in October 1939 . |
| 5 | It was the designer 's work on the planes which won Britain the Schneider trophy — the World Cup of the aviation world , which led to his designs for the Spitfire . |
| 6 | I am not able to eat and talk at the same time , so I apologized to my neighbours for this . |
| 7 | He listened to our reasons for selecting the cloth , our design philosophy and our assurances that his sails would be hand finished to his specific requirements . |
| 8 | The men of the ship 's company lived in a makeshift hut for ten months , and then took to their boats for the homeward passage , reaching Novaya Zemlya , where they met the Hope , commanded by Sir Allen W. Young [ q.v. ] , who had been sent to find them . |
| 9 | Argana initially acceded to their demands for the convening of a party congress to select a new leadership , but later described the demonstrators as " hooligans " . |