Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community |
| 2 | Mr Paice asked for a date with the minister to discuss his concerns about a hospital in his constituency . |
| 3 | In fact the rot set in 15 years ago when Dr Coggan asked for a meeting with Jim Callaghan to lobby for the Church to be exempted from a two per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 4 | European directives on acquired rights and the transfer of undertakings regulations have given public service shop stewards their first glimmer of light over C C T which they fought for a decade with little more than their own bluff and courage . |
| 5 | On a snowy winter 's day in 1948 , Czech communist leader Klement Gottwald posed for a photo with his inner circle . |
| 6 | Mr Purtill also posed for a picture with Mr Major , managing to rustle up a sheepish grin . |
| 7 | Troubled Mr Major yesterday headed for a showdown with Euro-rebels by announcing he would put the Maastricht Treaty before Parliament around Christmas . |
| 8 | He opted for a salad with leathery hard-boiled eggs under a neon dressing , and picked a table which gave a clear view of the room from the entrance to the service area . |
| 9 | I experimented for a while with rudders on drifters , working on the principles of sailing crafts where the vane ( sail ) is set at an angle to the rudder ( submerged stem section ) so that although the wind would blow the vane at the same angle the offset rudder would make the float cut across the surface carrying it out into the lake even though the wind blew along the bank . |
| 10 | ‘ I really came for a word with Miss Passmore , but if she does n't mind you hearing what I have to say … ’ |
| 11 | She came for a visit with her favourite slimming magazine . |
| 12 | Certainly those who came for a meal with Dorothy Mellings — while Alice was there , with Jasper — tended to come in ones or twos , mostly women , perhaps needing Dorothy 's advice , or even to borrow money ; divorced friends — so many of the couples that had been to the Mellings 's in the good days had split up . |
| 13 | ‘ There was this Andrea , lived somewhere down Oakley Street , danced for a time with the Ballet Rambert . |
| 14 | Andrew Bland withdrew for a minute with a distant grateful silence , confident , apart , approving and curious . |
| 15 | When James left school he worked for a while with his father . |
| 16 | He worked for a time with Stopover House and the Newham Alternative Project , both designed to provide temporary help for the poor and homeless of the East End . |
| 17 | He made these astonishing remarks when he called for a meeting with the Toronto Globe and Mail , much to the surprise of everyone . |
| 18 | LIVERPOOL soccer manager Graeme Souness went for a drive with his girlfriend yesterday as he continued his recovery from a triple heart by-pass operation . |
| 19 | I went for a chat with Father Chris and eventually got the job . |
| 20 | I was , I was off on , on Sunday , I mean I 've joined yet another marriage agency , off on last Sunday to Latherham , with another nice old chap , you know , erm , I , I go out with erm , women friends , we , I 've arranged , er there 's one very , very good place that does lunches , run by a couple of homosexuals and erm , old age pensioners on Tuesday get , get a lunch , an eight pound lunch , for four pounds , so four friends , three friends and myself are going for a special Christmas lunch that they do , fortnight ago we went for a lunch with the group of the town 's women 's guild and friends , erm , my women 's group that I belong to over at the village of which is run by the television actress er Helen Fraser |
| 21 | And , since you asked , she once went for a policeman with her stilettoes as he tried to bundle a black man into a car outside a dance hall on the bottom of the Tottenham Court Road ( derogatory remarks in that department were still more likely to earn a black eye than a black look in The Bar ) . |
| 22 | One day Glumdalclitch put me down on the grass in the palace garden , while she went for a walk with some of the Queen 's ladies . |
| 23 | ‘ You have n't even asked me directly why I went for a walk with Flo this evening , for instance . |
| 24 | Then I went for a walk with Mr Sargent . ’ |
| 25 | I think he actually went for a walk with Brian . |
| 26 | One day they went for a walk with Sinclair along by the river . |
| 27 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 28 | ‘ I have already heard , ’ said Julian , ‘ how in the council of last November you spoke for a parley with the Lord Owen , and told the king 's ministers that he would be willing to talk peace . |
| 29 | It came only moments after neighbours Dave and Ruth Young left for a day-trip with their four-year-old son Danny . |
| 30 | He searched for a formula with which to answer , his knowledge of Artai 's character combining with his just-formed suspicion to produce a chill of disquiet . |