Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each subject key is restricted to three letters and a pupil searching for information on WATER might search under PHY and WAT for materials on WATER in relation to PHYSICS or under WAT to search for anything on WATER . |
| 2 | She deserted her artist 's studio in Chelsea to work for her mother 's Women 's Social and Political Union when it transferred from Manchester to London in 1905 and became honorary secretary . |
| 3 | Ambition burned within her , she wanted Hari to work for her so much , to make the business an outstanding success and Hari 's reticence only made Emily more eager to have her services . |
| 4 | ‘ I came to Hambury to look for someone . ’ |
| 5 | Dana 's shrill voice made Claudia jump away from Roman as if she were guilty of something , but Roman had only been about to say he had asked Dana to model for him in order to get to know her better . |
| 6 | ‘ And now , ’ said Willi , ‘ I shall ask Therese to sing for us , and because this is my house and my evening , I shall accompany her myself and ignore criticism from the professionals . |
| 7 | She left Travis to order for her . |
| 8 | That 's why the workers ' weekly pennies went to pay men like Bobby to speak for them and that 's just what Bobby Keith could do best . |
| 9 | She expected Lucy to head for their office : no one else was ever in before noon on the top floor . |
| 10 | Four more S.79s were sent out from Sicily to search for it but one ran out of fuel and had to ditch , the crew being picked up by an Italian hospital ship . |
| 11 | SIR — Stephen Fry gives too much credit to P. G. Wodehouse , for it was W. S. Gilbert who , in 1881 , created the Duke of Dunstable — a gallant officer of the 35th Dragoon Guards who sacrificed himself in marriage to the Lady Jane to compensate for her misfortune in being distinctly plain . |
| 12 | 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary having considered the Petition and proceedings , no Answers having been lodged , Nominates and Appoints to be curator bonis to designed in the Petition with the usual powers and decerns ; authorises the said after finding caution to enter on the duties of his office upon a certified copy of this interlocutor with a schedule of the curatory estate annexed thereto ; and that upon condition that before issue of a certified copy interlocutor of his appointment he shall lodge in the hands of the Accountant of Court a bond binding himself to lodge Accounts annually with the Accountant of Court and otherwise to conduct the affairs of the curatory estate in all respects in conformity with the laws and practice of Scotland ; to appear before the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland to answer for his conduct as curator aforesaid or in connection with any matter arising out of said curatory ; to submit himself to and prorogate the jurisdiction of the Court of Session for said purposes and to assign an address in Scotland where he may be cited , and decerns ( * Finds the expenses of this application and procedure following thereon to form a proper charge upon the curatory estate , and remits the account thereof , when lodged , to the Auditor of Court for taxation ) . |
| 13 | Her marriage had ended the night when she told Neil Fraser she was going back to Ireland to look for her brother . |
| 14 | ‘ And who persuaded Alexei to ask for me , I wonder . |
| 15 | ‘ He wants Perdita to play for him next year . |
| 16 | Payne also has Jack Nicklaus to thank for his breakthrough . |
| 17 | I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters . |
| 18 | In 1950 , he was Swiss sculls champion and finished third in the European championships before moving to Manila to work for his family 's private multinational company , Eduard Keller Ltd , for four years . |
| 19 | Allan Walton , the enlightened owner of a prosperous textile firm in the Midlands , produced a friend who produced the capital for the restaurant , and supplied also the fabrics ( he was employing artists of the stature of Cedric Morris , Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant to design for him ) with which the restaurant was furnished . |
| 20 | Sir Leon said there was no need for the United Kingdom to wait for its inflation rate to reach the European average before joining the exchange rate mechanism , nor to hold back until the further removal of capital and exchange controls next summer . |
| 21 | It ca n't be denied that many players have John Mayall to thank for their career launch … |
| 22 | Mr. Bailey requested the porter to call Mr. George Burnham to attend for him and so he did , but not until the child was born . |
| 23 | Lissa smiled wanly , and allowed Adam to reach for her hand and lead her out of the room . |
| 24 | What did Doctor Jekyll ask his friend Lanyon to do for him ? |
| 25 | In October he came to St Petersburg to press for them , and by 20 November , after intense activity in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Secret Committee , the instructions were ready . |
| 26 | Isabella has visited Angelo to plead for her brother 's life . |
| 27 | THE only passenger on the jet , who died with three crew , had hitched a flight home to Israel to prepare for her wedding . |
| 28 | Events of the past few days have pointed yet again to the pressing need to abolish the television licence fee and leave the BBC to fend for itself financially . |
| 29 | Having decided that he wanted to make a career in physics he enrolled at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee to study for his doctorate in experimental high energy particle physics . |
| 30 | It seems likely that when he received these papers , Palmerston , to forestall those critics who said that he was out of touch with current architectural ideas , instructed Donaldson to arrange for him to meet Lamb and other architects who agreed with his views . |