Example sentences of "and [vb past] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 2 | On Feb. 26 in Zambia President Frederick Chiluba declared the country to be disaster-affected , and appealed for international assistance as three-quarters of the maize harvest had been lost . |
| 3 | Largely at Mr Shillington 's expense , the unfinished church was completed and opened for public worship in 1802 . |
| 4 | ‘ We did surprisingly well in rucks and mauls and , as expected in New Zealand , most players went to ground and looked for rucked ball . |
| 5 | Frau Nordern snapped a good-night back and stormed out of the Station , and such was the mood showing on her face there on the S-Bahn a railway policeman checking tickets did not ask for hers but wisely changed carriages at Lichtenberg station and looked for other prey . |
| 6 | The crucial step began with a determination to rise and pray in the middle of the night ; he continued in prayer the following morning , and took for spiritual nutriment the Bible and the Wesleyan hymn-book . |
| 7 | Usually the proposed adjustments are checked outside the meeting by the central team and recirculated for quick comment before publication in a final form in which they can be used both by the Modular Admissions Committee ( MAC ) to control enrolment and by faculties and departments as the base for resource management . |
| 8 | said I 've no qualms about 'em , and yet he 's , somebody that votes for bloody Green Party , eh , he 's just been up and voted for Green Party , I said I 'd of stopped at home if I was you |
| 9 | The binding proteins were eluted as indicated with 100mM(wash) , 250mM , 500mM and 1M NaCl and assayed for binding activity to the SSB oligonucleotide . |
| 10 | Morice always worked and spoke for individual liberty and the rule of common law : ‘ I will not be ashamed in good and lawful sort to strive for freedom of conscience , public justice , and the liberties of my country . ’ |
| 11 | Cunningham drew on his cigar and paused for eye-twinkling effect , but already Harry had foreseen what he would say next . |
| 12 | Even a Marxist like Gramsci , who spoke of the ‘ consent ’ of the subordinate classes , saw consensus as false consciousness and hoped for revolutionary change . |
| 13 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |