Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Persian Wars , however , the Boiotian League had evidently not ordered a general policy , because Plataia and Thespiai fought for the Greeks whereas Thebes medised , a stain she was never to wipe out . |
| 2 | She made for the stand where her umbrella was kept . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This was the situation which Morgan described for the Iroquois when several tribes get together , not any more on the basis of kinship or marriage , but on the basis of confederacy . |
| 5 | Neither Willaert nor Rore composed for the keyboard though their works were often published in lute or keyboard transcription . |
| 6 | Hardy produced a pack of cards and , after dividing Gleeson 's box between them , he and Laurel played for the cigarettes as the van lurched and swayed away from the court , through the town centre and out to H.M. |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | " Presumably he telephoned for the mechanic before he left . " |
| 9 | I paid for the taxi because he had no change . |
| 10 | Although programs like DO-IT existed for the PC before anything appeared for the Macintosh it and its close cousins cost several thousand pounds . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Frequently venue staff try to set everything up before you arrive , on the basis that it worked for the people before you and it 's less effort for them . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Erm which is why I went for the downstairs cos I had a choice of either . |
| 17 | Er then he , he , I sent for the police because he walked out the door and he , he threatened to kill himself . |
| 18 | He reached for the CV while Catherine Crane busied herself systematically with her papers . |
| 19 | I always looked for the kitemark when I was buying things . |
| 20 | Eileen Desmond TD and Deputy Murphy , both of the Labour Party , spoke for the project as did Councillor Joe Sherlock of the Workers ' Party . |
| 21 | Last term , all through the Coronation festivities , all through the exams , I longed for the holidays when I would see her . |
| 22 | BRITAIN 'S loudest man revealed yesterday that he competed for the title after neighbours complained about his singing in the bath . |
| 23 | She dived for the companionway as he swung round , glowering . |