Example sentences of "[vb past] for a [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 2 | Without Coleman 's knowledge , and without consulting the DIA ( on this basis , they had no reason to do so ) , either Hurley or Dany Habib had subsequently used those papers — in particular , the copy they had taken of Coleman 's Thomas Leavy birth certificate — to obtain a passport for one of their own people in Egypt , thus cocking the trigger for a possible violation alert when Coleman also applied for a passport in that name two years later . |
| 3 | The details of the case were outlined by prosecuting solicitor , Huw Evans , who applied for a remand in custody until next Monday . |
| 4 | He applied for a post in the service of the archduke : but Ferdinand was advised by his mother not to burden himself with such ‘ useless creatures who travel around all over the place , like beggars ’ . |
| 5 | After reading a letter about youths and unemployment , the gist of which was their unwillingness to work , I was incensed by the statement , ‘ Even if they applied for a job in the catering industry , it would be something ’ . |
| 6 | Naykene had written an article in which he alleged that all members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council , which ruled for a period in 1979 , had benefited from an illegal foreign loan . |
| 7 | Mr Rushdie succeeded for a while in obscuring these inter-Muslim differences . |
| 8 | We lived for a year in a cottage attached to a remote farm — so remote that I have never been able to find it again . |
| 9 | I believe that Unesco got the idea when he saw that TV series about some people.who lived for a year in a simulated stone-age Village , cut off from the world . |
| 10 | In the famous Middletown studies made by Robert and Helen Lynd the Lynds lived for a time in Muncie , Indiana , but were always known to be researchers . |
| 11 | A contemporary of Gundulić was Junije Palmotić ( 1606–57 ) , a Ragusan noble who lived for a time in Bosnia , and who drew upon the Slav folk tales as well as on contemporary Italian and ancient classical traditions for the abundant outpouring of songs , satires , verse epics and dramas which he composed . |
| 12 | ‘ We lived for a time in Washington DC , ’ she said slowly . |
| 13 | Finally we asked for a change in the wording of supplementary benefit law which would abolish the term ‘ cohabitation ’ , with its sexual connotations , and substitute what seemed the more decent and objective phrase , ‘ living together as husband and wife ’ . |
| 14 | We asked for a lament in verse or a prose epitaph for Punch |
| 15 | The main union involved , the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union , asked for a delay in the issue of the notices until a meeting of the workforce today , when it is understood the company plan will again be put to the workforce . |
| 16 | JOHN Z. DeLOREAN , facing drug charges in the US following the collapse of his Northern Ireland sports-car firm , this week asked for a reduction in bail because he is short of money . |
| 17 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 18 | After the previous Armed Forces minister , Archie Hamilton , was replaced by Mr Hanley , Mr Brandreth asked for a meeting in the hope that a change of minister might mean a change of heart over the pay office . |
| 19 | By similar arrangement with the CPR next year I travelled to Montreal and , not knowing the city , asked for a room in the CPR hotel which turned out to be the St. Viger . |
| 20 | The MTFS in 1980 planned for a reduction in public spending of 5 per cent over the next four years ; there was in fact an 8 per cent growth in real terms . |
| 21 | Shortly afterwards they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef where they cruised for a year in search of a dream . |
| 22 | Vern made for a bench in a concrete space with trees and shrubs scattered around in pots , and sat down . |
| 23 | Oh , by the way , ’ Luke said , locking the door behind them , ‘ Bob Tilling in Accounts just happened to mention the other day that you had settled an invoice for a piece we made for a client in Sherwood Forest . ’ |
| 24 | It provided for a cut in the top rate of income tax from 68 to 52 per cent , a cut in corporation tax from 50 to 35 per cent ( later amended to 40 per cent ) , and a range of cuts in excise duties on consumer goods . |
| 25 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |
| 26 | On graduation Reagan opted for a career in show business . |
| 27 | Both Lyell and Wallace opted for a theory in which a supernatural force had affected the later stages of human development . |
| 28 | She so wanted grandparents , that she appealed for a couple in the local paper to act as adopted granny and grandad . |
| 29 | I studied for a time in Paris , Padua and Salerno . ’ |
| 30 | Alan Hey , who graduated in that year and now works in Sheffield , is planning a party for students who studied for a Diploma in Ceramics or a Manager 's Diploma in Ceramics . |