Example sentences of "[vb past] for [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a function in Bucharest the British Ambassador asked for something from home . |
| 2 | Being a child when the state was publicly engaged in making children healthy and literate was a support against my particular circumstances , its central benefit being that , unlike my mother , the state asked for nothing in return . |
| 3 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 4 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 5 | 'E 's keen on 'er , and she seemed ti be fond of 'im till 'e asked for 'er in wedlock . ’ |
| 6 | Now erm all the gifts that you give at Confirmation the whole idea of Confirmation in well one of the main ideas of Confirmation is taking on board for yourself what your parents promised for you in baptism . |
| 7 | His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school . |
| 8 | He appealed for anyone with information to contact him on . |
| 9 | He appealed for anyone with information about the attack , which happened on Saturday night , to contact South Bank CID on Middlesbrough 326326 . |
| 10 | He had been about four years old , and although he was younger than my brother , they always got on very well together and were heartbroken when the time came for them to part . |
| 11 | They had reached the hilly avenues of Lisbon when it occurred to her that he could be worried about how she might behave when the time came for them to part . |
| 12 | It paid for it with cash of £4m and loan notes of £2.75m — i.e. a promise to pay the £2.75m four years later — and the payment was guaranteed by Ansbacher Bank . |
| 13 | Shortly after this he paid for it by cheque and on request signed a statement that property in the van was not to pass to him until the cheque was cleared . |
| 14 | ‘ He worked for me during university holidays . ’ |
| 15 | In a way it functioned for us like window shopping : a random five minute slice of a feature would enable us to decide whether to see the whole thing at the Shoals , Princess or Majestic in Florence , when it resurfaced there . |
| 16 | Aunt Emily sent for her after breakfast . |
| 17 | She loves those lacy things you know by and do you remember I I bought for them for Christmas I bought her a tissue box with that beautiful lace cover ? |
| 18 | Something like resentment was beginning to swell in Cardiff ; a resentment that he was now doing as he was told by these newcomers — these newcomers who seemed to have more answers than he did for whatever in hell was going on here . |