Example sentences of "[vb past] for in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was the old Linfield spirit that carried them through because it was n't a great Linfield team , compared to the sides Trevor and I played for in the 80s . |
| 2 | Whatever your taste , you will find it well catered for in the Big Heart of England . |
| 3 | The one that counted against me most was the Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee , which I worked for in the late Thirties . |
| 4 | Mr Paine , I feel sure , will be a candidate for some award or other and I trust he will remember the couple whose bravery obviously far exceeded that called for in the normal course of duty . |
| 5 | For one freshly boiled , medium large ( about 1 ½ lb. ) hen lobster or langouste ( if you are boiling the creature at home , you can always add the large goblet of Madeira called for in the original recipe ) , the ingredients for the sauce are 2 small shallots , a heaped teaspoon of tarragon leaves , 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley , salt , pepper , a scant teaspoon of strong yellow French mustard , 24 to 30 drops of soy sauce , approximately 6 tablespoons of mildly fruity Provence olive oil , the juice of half a rather small lemon , 1 teaspoon of anisette de Bordeaux . |
| 6 | ‘ As long as you do n't ask me who I voted for in the General Election . ’ |
| 7 | The one I voted for in the original poll ( I think , it seems ages ago now ) was Bremner . |
| 8 | And it seems that the money , in so far as it emerges in budgets that clearly , is determined by crude political muscle and nothing to do with reason and analysis — all the things that you stood for in the sixties and seventies . |