Example sentences of "[vb past] for [adj] [noun] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of the humane , creatively enlightened State , which cared for ordinary men and their development , was in his thinking always overshadowed by that of the power-State , Spartan , demanding and careless of the feelings or immediate interests of the individual . |
| 2 | Benjamin asked for more torches and we went round the walls studying the floor . |
| 3 | I thank those who fought for that gift and who built the lasting institutions of NATO and the European Community from the ruins of 1945 . |
| 4 | I worked for last summer and they they did this there , and total quality management meetings . |
| 5 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
| 6 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 7 | a nice person , I did n't know this , I found it in resources , but this , I sent for this book and I do n't , Rod 's referred to it I think and is now this bit . |
| 8 | We know what CAMRA did for real ale and there is even a chance — is n't there ? — that Greenpeace will save us from ourselves . |
| 9 | A successful film usually ran for six weeks and there were three to five separate performances , six days a week to get through . |
| 10 | This lasted for three days and they were called-up for questioning several times each day . |
| 11 | We longed for late June and our two-week holiday . |
| 12 | I waited for further explanation and none came . |
| 13 | Charles Atcher recounts in 1985 , ‘ I volunteered for military service and I am satisfied to have made my contribution . |
| 14 | The USRC therefore made only a limited impact ; most of its members sat for industrial seats and its propaganda was concentrated there for their benefit . |
| 15 | The aforementioned book was written before the system closed for extensive modernisation and I have no further information ( in spite of research ) that any more unexplained events have occurred . |
| 16 | In 1889 he was elected as first county councillor for Dursley , a position he held for thirty years and which was followed by nine years as county alderman . |