Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [vb past] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mothers with small children particularly hated them and longed for a house with a garden ( Gittus , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ Derby gave us plenty of problems when we drew there , but we stood up to them and worked for a result . |
| 3 | I chose as my subject the person of the Buddha , tried to relate his teaching to Christians , expressed my deep admiration for him and pleaded for a more tolerant and positive attitude towards the religion which he had founded . |
| 4 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 5 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 6 | Margaret inspected it and asked for a number of prints to be made . |