Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 2 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 3 | There also sometimes seems to be a feeling that the media could have got themselves better organised and asked for the material earlier . |
| 4 | Helen to be contacted and asked for the plinth so that this can be completed before this years event . |
| 5 | When the surviving Romanovs asked for the house where the Tsar was killed to be turned into a museum , Yeltsin and his Politburo colleagues had it demolished . |
| 6 | Sir Percival Sharp fought for the AEC mainly on the first issue — but could find no support — so that the second , the potential extension of the power of central government , went largely unchallenged . |
| 7 | Maggie sat with the others and Natasha made for the bar where Muriel , an orange-haired dragon somewhere in her seventies , held sway as chief barmaid . |
| 8 | I made for the sideboard again to hover . |
| 9 | so they phoned for the doctor very quick , quick , quick |
| 10 | She shook her head , thanked him for his co-operation and then headed for the way out . |
| 11 | He turned and headed for the door where he paused for a moment . |
| 12 | By nightfall he believed he was 30 miles from Lubeck , so next morning he headed for the port along with workpeople . |
| 13 | She appealed for the Cabinet not to target her comparatively tiny budget of £4 billion . |
| 14 | W. H. Whyte ( 1956 ) appealed for the leader not to lose his identity inside his organization . |
| 15 | Ashenden shrugged , and seemed for the moment somewhat less at ease . |
| 16 | I said I 'd be in any time after six that evening and he came for the key precisely on the hour . ’ |
| 17 | When making an appointment the court must consider appointing the guardian who acted for the child previously ( FPCR , r10(8) ; FPR , r4.10(8) ) . |
| 18 | Having said that any removal of the immunity by section 17 enured for the benefit not only of the person against whom the secondary action was taken but also for that of the employer who was party to the trade dispute , Lord Diplock held that the action by I.T.F. was not protected . |
| 19 | They arrived for the performance only to find the tape recorder would not work . |
| 20 | ‘ It was interesting because he arrived for the audition clearly drunk , ’ said Hauser . |
| 21 | They paid for the holiday out of her redundancy money . |
| 22 | The area close to the pond was owned by county councillor Peter Constable Maxwell and the Maxwell Family Trust , but the family generously not only made the land available at no charge , but also paid for the landscaping closest to the pond . |
| 23 | The ruling Military Committee of National Salvation ( CMSN ) on July 25 adopted a law which allowed for the setting up of political parties , with the exception of specifically Islamic parties or parties based on race or region . |
| 24 | After Nancarrow had deprived Marshall of a 7–0 lead in the decisive fourth game , Marshall saved two match points and served for the match twice , only to be foiled twice by a drop shot . |
| 25 | I grabbed for the door-handle as much to steady myself as anything else . |
| 26 | Mr Dewar called for the setting up of a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs — it was , he said ‘ a disgrace that the Scottish Office uniquely has not been subject to proper Parliamentary scrutiny ’ . |
| 27 | The same went for the glass underfoot ; another half-metre of water lay underneath the transparent slabs which made up the floor , gurgling under the scratched surface and around the slaty pedestals supporting the columns above . |
| 28 | His free hand reached for the bottle again , then pulled back . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh bother ! ’ she allowed herself a wee expletive and reached for the telephone daintily with whitened fingers . |
| 30 | He brooded for a moment , sighed , and reached for the list again . |