Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel wondered if any film star would be discerning enough to employ him if he applied for a chauffeur 's job . |
| 2 | She strode out of the cupboard that passed for the shuttle 's sick bay and into the cabin . |
| 3 | The Secretary of State asked for the Committee 's comments . |
| 4 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 5 | Of course , the official asked for the father 's details , saw there was a profit to be made from the information and went straight to Lehmann . ’ |
| 6 | In a Northern Ireland accent he asked for the manager 's office . |
| 7 | The demonstrators want Britain to apologize for the executions of nine men who fought for the island 's independence in the fifties . |
| 8 | I made for the hotel 's main building with several other reporters when a man with an assault rifle appeared and said : ‘ Hit the floor . ’ |
| 9 | He pulled on a pair of folding sunglasses ( the sort you pay an extra load for to have ‘ Porsche ’ stamped across your field of vision ) as he made for the driver 's door , but even with them and the soft brown leather blouson jacket , which made him look a bit like an off-duty copper ( they get them cheap down Brick Lane ) , I still recognized him . |
| 10 | He made for the Druid 's Well , a mile or so to the east of the town . |
| 11 | Under the second , a development agreement , which provided for the property 's development by the developers , the Prudential agreed to pay certain building costs . |
| 12 | I much regretted the dismissive attitude taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) , who has clearly totally forgotten that the Western European Union was revitalised , added Spain and Portugal to its ranks , and produced the Hague platform — which provided for the WEU 's nine members to defend their borders , with nuclear weapons if need be . |
| 13 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 14 | They met with little armed resistance ( which must have been a relief to Louis , who had little confidence in his own military skill ) , and gained considerable incidental profit : the king 's person was seen in an area unvisited since the reign of Louis IV ; the counts of Nevers , Chalon , and Mâcon were brought to heel ; Burgundian lords appealed for the king 's mediation in their quarrels ( he also sought theirs ) ; the count of Forez , hitherto only a vassal of the Emperor , declared his most important castles to be held as fief of the crown of France , the first step in the integration of Forez into the French realm . |
| 15 | During the Depression Silver sold china and glass in Fifth Avenue , worked a petrol pump , and sold cigarettes wholesale ; but all this time he was collecting Walt Whitman ; he also studied for a Master 's degree in English at Boston University , which he was awarded in 1941 . |
| 16 | No one in Brussels knew that the French had invaded ; instead they prepared for a duchess 's ball while a fat Prussian major paid for his roast chicken , finished his wine , then ambled slowly northwards . |
| 17 | This is a campaign booklet which I prepared for the RCN 's Association of Nursing Students in 1985 ; much of it also applies to returning nurses . |
| 18 | ‘ ’ remarked from Faverolles as he prepared for the Blind-man 's buff competition . |
| 19 | The most overwhelming support came for the Revenue 's work in deterring and seeking out tax dodgers . |
| 20 | When the time came for the baby 's baptism , Elizabeth still had not recovered her former vivacity . |
| 21 | If anything , its additional colours brought extra glitter to the music , and this quality was certainly seized upon by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth , who eagerly compensated for the pianist 's lack of a trenchant or subtle delivery . |
| 22 | He said that loss adjusters who acted for the council 's insurers after November 's fire , would be attending a meeting to discuss the claim as soon as the sketches are ready . |
| 23 | They met again in November and stented for The King 's part . |
| 24 | They met again in November and stented for The King 's part . |
| 25 | The next day , fresh chip butties and burgers in hand , we readied for the weekend 's big attraction : a copy of a New Generation episode , not due to be shown here for months . |
| 26 | The Maharajah also paid for a warden 's cottage nearby ; a tiny octagonal building with just 3 rooms . |
| 27 | ‘ We simply paid for a month 's advertising which has not run out . ’ |
| 28 | Calmly I paid for the pod 's berth and walked away , neither too fast nor too slow . |
| 29 | This generous loan from the Vatican is in exchange for payment by the German episcopal conference for a new air conditioning system in the Vatican Library 's book stacks , a deal arranged by the Stuttgart Belser-Verlag which also paid for the exhibition 's catalogue ( by Jonathan Alexander , Eberhard König , Jean Michel Massing and others ; DM98 ) . |
| 30 | The project was to be funded for one year with money from the Telethon Trust , which paid for the author 's post , that of development worker , as well as allowing a substantial budget ; the overall aim was to establish a leisure service for disabled people within the Northern Health Region . |