Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | DeVore who had arranged the deal whereby he worked for the Levers and yet had his own private laboratories . |
| 2 | How I longed for the ruler to point to me ! |
| 3 | How she longed for the excitement of blasting away slimy aliens . |
| 4 | When it comes to neck shaping and so on , it is best to decrease the stitches back to the original number , by , for example , taking eight stitches back to four stitches if that is how you increased for the cable before shaping . |
| 5 | Now we could n't have him in this year to give the others a chance so this is how you voted for the nineteen ninety three racing personality of the year on Channel Four and let's take it in reverse order starting with the person who finished fourth . |
| 6 | No doubt the privies , there were two of them , were much appreciated by the tenants , but one wonders how they managed for the previous two or three years . |
| 7 | How they worked for the dissidents , raised money , edited a Ukrainian language broadsheet . |
| 8 | This was when I learnt for the first time how experts conducted dealing for Jim came from a family of dealers . |
| 9 | ‘ The things I 've seen in them vats when I worked for the brewery . ’ |
| 10 | Erm which is why I went for the downstairs cos I had a choice of either . |
| 11 | RUNAWAY teenager Nicola Rogers told today why she headed for the bright lights of Blackpool after leaving her home 100 miles away four days ago . |
| 12 | Lowe was twelve when she married for the third time — to a psychologist — and he arrived , all corn-fed and terminally uncool , in Malibu . |
| 13 | Jo Durie , Britain 's No. 1 ranked player , delivered an honest assessment of the needs of aspiring young tennis champions when she called for the pressure to be taken off youngsters , particularly those between the crucial ages of 10–14 . |
| 14 | well you did n't put your coat on the other day when you went for the paper |
| 15 | The bemused Parisians did n't know what the fuck we were on about when we asked for the ‘ Adidas Centre ’ in several differing French accents . |
| 16 | For those who reached the New World , a special station was built at the Castle Garden immigrant centre in New York where they entrained for the West . |
| 17 | Politicians with a burgh interest regularly made contributions to the cost of public works in the communities with which they concerned themselves , as Lord Panmure did in 1761 , when he subscribed for the construction of a new town hall in Montrose . |
| 18 | ‘ I remember him , of course , from when he played for the Giants . |
| 19 | Mr Morris , whose own house suffered relatively little damage , said he realised the potential danger early on Thursday evening when he asked for the river to be kept clear of debris before the level grew too high . |
| 20 | This was nothing new , as movie stars had supported John F. Kennedy when he ran for the White House . |
| 21 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 22 | Many of the pieces were purchased by Dubosc in Japan where he lived for the latter part of his life and much of his collection is now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco . |
| 23 | In an attempt to solve the Arab-Israeli crisis , the Highland Light Infantry sent Docherty to Palestine , where he played for the British Army XI . |
| 24 | In a career that took him to Genoa where he played for the local side Sampdoria , he assumed an almost Italianate sense of style . |
| 25 | He then became professor in Basle , where he remained for the rest of his long life . |
| 26 | A former colleague explained why he left for the police . |
| 27 | Angry Labour MPs to Tory backbencher Michael Carttiss , a former Euro rebel explaining why he voted for the Government WE will remain Germans . |
| 28 | No one could understand why he volunteered for the Commandos . |