Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | She made for the stand where her umbrella was kept . |
2 | Both sides seemed satisfied and although it is unlikely that a two-tier Champagne classification would have been workable in the long term , it sufficed for the present although it was still being debated in the Senate when war broke out three years later . |
3 | Neither Willaert nor Rore composed for the keyboard though their works were often published in lute or keyboard transcription . |
4 | The tide turned for the French when , under the inspired leadership of Joan of Arc , Charles was taken to Reims to be crowned king in the cathedral in 1429 . |
5 | " Presumably he telephoned for the mechanic before he left . " |
6 | I paid for the taxi because he had no change . |
7 | Although programs like DO-IT existed for the PC before anything appeared for the Macintosh it and its close cousins cost several thousand pounds . |
8 | Rosa in the chapel with her head bent over her hands , her legs stiff from kneeling , thought , We will go away together , somewhere different from here , to Africa , he said , he wanted to go there , and I will take care of him , we are like each other , we are both … and she hunted for the word because she did not want to use the word ‘ misfit ’ , and found ‘ changeling ’ . |
9 | and I worked for the council so he spoke to me one day and he said , Will you cut the roads with a tractor and a mower . |
10 | A few weeks later he scored the first of three hat-tricks he hit for the Palace when we toppled his former club , Watford , by 4–1 at Vicarage Road . |
11 | But I think if you went for the figure as proposed by the H B F , you would be going actively against the regeneration statutory which is the erm the government 's policy . |
12 | Erm which is why I went for the downstairs cos I had a choice of either . |
13 | He reached for the CV while Catherine Crane busied herself systematically with her papers . |
14 | I always looked for the kitemark when I was buying things . |
15 | Eileen Desmond TD and Deputy Murphy , both of the Labour Party , spoke for the project as did Councillor Joe Sherlock of the Workers ' Party . |
16 | BRITAIN 'S loudest man revealed yesterday that he competed for the title after neighbours complained about his singing in the bath . |
17 | She dived for the companionway as he swung round , glowering . |