Example sentences of "[vb past] for the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third narrative tells how George Meredith modelled for the corpse in the painting and how his wife then ran away with the painter ( see also the sonnets in Meredith 's Modern Love ) . |
| 2 | As one they plunged for the hole in the hedge . |
| 3 | She did have a job with the BBC and someone cared for the child in the day . |
| 4 | The Manchester United manager swooped for the Frenchman in a sensational bid to solve his goal-scoring problems after failing to lure England 's David Hirst from Sheffield Wednesday for £3.5 million . |
| 5 | She expressed her wonder at this and asked for the name in Italian . |
| 6 | Surely if a charge is made for this service it should be made to District Audit who , I understand , asked for the information in the first place . |
| 7 | The beginning of that evolution is usually dated to the constitution which Solon produced for the city in or around the year 594 BC.Solon 's intervention was itself the outcome of a period of conflict between " the masse and " the notable , according to the account given by Aristotle in The Athenian Constitution . |
| 8 | Regulars at the hotel share the owners indignation … they say they fought for the flag in the last war : |
| 9 | He is notorious in Islamabad because he argued for the cut-off in American aid to Pakistan , implemented last autumn . |
| 10 | The outcome , according to Levi-Strauss , is a generalized circularity analogous to that which I described for the relationship in our commercial system between an author and his book-buying reader . |
| 11 | They stopped for the night in a small village a day 's ride from the foot of the mountain . |
| 12 | This is reflected in the significant interaction between FSE and SAM found for the change in external locus of control ( χ 2 =8.0 , df=1 ; p=0.005 ) . |
| 13 | Hundreds of actresses tried for the part in the film which is currently in pre-production in Hollywood . |
| 14 | It 's probably that Robert Johnson , who finally headed for the crossroads in 1938 , made more money for Sony/Columbia last year than many of their more super-hyped contemporary acts . |
| 15 | Area manager for Pest Control south east James Burford , recently pedalled for the planet in the London to Cambridge bike ride . |
| 16 | Always a favourite in London , the Russian star who opted for the West in 1974 is now in his mid-forties — absolutely the right time to change over to a repertoire well within his present compass . |
| 17 | It led to an abandoned fishing hamlet called Hamningberg , where we camped for the night in a grassy field studded with interesting saxifrages and other flowers . |
| 18 | I studied for the UCLI in Home Machine Knitting and , on passing both parts of the exam , went on to teach it for three years . |
| 19 | But as we prepared for the day in the early dawn , with the birds tuning up outside our African ‘ rondavel ’ hut , we both felt impelled to reach the tough core of the Right-wing settlers , Smith 's Rhodesia Front . |
| 20 | Bill Davies was a Welsh International winger who played for The Palace in nearly 200 Southern League matches in two spells with the club from 1907 , until the 1st World War forced a conclusion to fully competitive football in 1915 . |
| 21 | As a public corporation ( 'epic ’ ) , it acted for the state in contracting work out to arms and electronics manufacturers . |
| 22 | Jessica was besotted with his crooked organ , and Rory discovered two moles inside her fine , rich pubic hair he claimed for the Pope in Rome . |
| 23 | Later , under cover of darkness , they crept into the house , where Charles hid for the night in the attic . |
| 24 | A police constable was injured as bottles and other missiles were thrown at 300 British National Party supporters as they arrived for the rally in York Hall , Bethnal Green . |
| 25 | The Liberal Democrats , hoping to build upon their recent local election results , and for a larger split in the Conservative vote , arrived for the count in buoyant mood . |
| 26 | Then , just out of curiosity , who paid for the hotel in Dublin ? |
| 27 | Central defender Alan Kernaghan equalised two minutes from time and Middlesbrough survived two late scares as Pompey pressed for the winner in a tense finale . |
| 28 | When Surrey tied for the Championship in 1950 the county had the makings of a great side . |
| 29 | I settled for the party in Fulham on Bunny 's recommendation , arranging to meet him in a trendy pub in Covent Garden beforehand . |
| 30 | The defendants admitted the validity of the will of 30 June 1978 but contended that the deceased had duly executed a further testamentary paper being a first codicil on 18 April 1986 and counterclaimed for the pronouncement in solemn form for the codicil . |