Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twenty-nine year old victim was standing at a bus stop on Haddington Road when a car pulled up and the driver asked for directions . |
| 2 | Baker met for talks with a three-member Palestinian delegation led by Faisal al-Husseini , director of the East Jerusalem Institute of Arab Studies , on July 21 . |
| 3 | The anti-Dickson camp chortled for hours in the bar about how the boy ‘ spat the dummy ’ . |
| 4 | In December 1990 Chandra Shekhar met for talks with Simranjit Singh Mann , leader of one of the three main Akali Dal factions [ see p. 37915 ] . |
| 5 | Corbett shouted for jacks of ale , demanding they be served the landlord 's best . |
| 6 | So a search began for ways of overcoming the difficulty . |
| 7 | This cast of mind survived for decades . |
| 8 | Endorsing US proposals for a combined super-power shield , reportedly against attacks from " renegade " Third-World nuclear states , Gorbachev called for negotiations on " the possibility of creating joint systems to avert nuclear missile attacks with ground- and space-based elements " . |
| 9 | I 've never seen Heidi lost for words before ! |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll go , ’ she said , and ran to the surgery to collect the bag , and to pick up the roll of towelling and a pair of scissors which Dr Neil kept for emergencies . |
| 11 | A FRANTIC pre-match ticket scramble was sparked today in Co Derry as thousands of anxious Gaelic football fans battled for places at next weekend 's All-Ireland showdown at Croke Park . |
| 12 | Keen Oxford readers queued for hours . |
| 13 | The search continued for drugs which would relieve anxiety , although in the absence of good models , approaches were bound to be somewhat speculative , and good luck also played its part . |
| 14 | The evidence of this remedy lasted for weeks in circular scars from his shoulders to his waist . |
| 15 | The snow continued for days , until the print had been worn off every ordnance survey map in the house by impatient fingers constantly tracking imaginary routes up Torridon 's thrilling peaks . |
| 16 | Even so , initially , with the formation of a new Anti-Slavery Society in 1823 ( the African Institution had for years primarily acted on the international slave trade ) , there was no major break in abolitionist ideological assumptions . |
| 17 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours in the cold to see the pop group EMF stage a special concert in their home town . |
| 18 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours to meet the man who became heavyweight champion of the world but in the process developed Parkinson 's Syndrome , a disorder of the nervous system . |
| 19 | COLUMBUS CAPER : Jim , Sara and friends keep their eyes skinned for laughs |
| 20 | After talks with police in Dundee , STUC general secretary Campbell Christie appealed for pickets to obey union guidelines and not to break the law or block the road . |
| 21 | Thus ( PF 6581 ) : ‘ 10 sheep , entrusted to Harbezza , Parnaka received for rations . |
| 22 | Under this division came for years , the name of William Latham as Head Ore Dresser , whose salary was £6 : 0s. : 0d. per month . |
| 23 | The vice-chancellors asked for papers to inform their debate on fees at Leeds . |
| 24 | Khadafi and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met for talks in February and June to discuss regional issues and ways of increasing co-operation in agriculture , industry , health and telecommunications . |
| 25 | Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard appealed for colleagues not to cut her training budget . |
| 26 | Even a radical writer like Olive Schreiner appealed for women 's right to work , since it would in the end prove beneficial for the race , ‘ parasitical mothers ’ , she argued , produced ‘ softened sons ’ . |
| 27 | The all-London clash between Spurs and Chelsea at White Hart Lane saw Chelsea take the lead through Dury in the twentieth minute , and five minutes before the break , Lineker equalised for Spurs from the penalty spot ; one one , the final score line . |
| 28 | Hankin appealed for fans ' patience and encouragement at a critical stage of the season . |
| 29 | His Majesty congratulated them on the solution of this difficult problem , and pointed out that while France and other countries existed for weeks without a Government , in this country our constitution is so generous that leaders of Parties . |
| 30 | The Security Council vote on Croatia , a unanimous 15-0 , came after a lengthy debate in which Russia called for sanctions against the former Yugoslav republic if it failed to honour a peace agreement signed a year ago . |