Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can give me that warrant for Demontis . |
| 2 | And he said , It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery , neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear ’ . ’ |
| 3 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
| 4 | I wanted them to laugh , to surround me and ask for gifts . |
| 5 | The powerful motor roared into life and the car moved smoothly past me and headed for town . |
| 6 | Driving Me Crazy mercilessly records the squalls , the vibrant performances and the inertia of the production team , who spend most of their time solemnly discussing what black music means to them and jockeying for pole position . |
| 7 | Driving Me Crazy mercilessly records the squalls , the vibrant performances and the inertia of the production team , who spend most of their time solemnly discussing what black music means to them and jockeying for pole position . |
| 8 | Two lovers from the village , looking for a quiet spot , found them and sent for help . |
| 9 | Each trigger re-presents the participants ' reality back to them and allows for people to project their emotional and social responses in a focused fashion . |
| 10 | He turned away from them and struggled for control . |
| 11 | The Vice Mayor of Beijing came to address them and appealed for calm , assuring them that the ‘ murder ’ would be dealt with speedily and according to proper legal procedures . |
| 12 | He seems to be very deeply in debt — so much so that he 's scared to come to you and ask for help . |
| 13 | They will delay you and ask for money . |
| 14 | Take the bit he has asked you and talk for say 30 seconds then round off and be quiet . |
| 15 | It was him that arranged for David and I to meet . |
| 16 | The 14-year-old boy was walking the alsatian along a path between Park Avenue and Penparcau , Aberystwyth , Powys , when the attacker , who was aged about 20 , approached him and asked for money . |
| 17 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 18 | He likes me though , as I said , and when I smile at him and beg for tales of executions , he laughs and laughs ! ’ |
| 19 | Thistle goalkeeper Craig Nelson inexplicably raced to the corner of his area for a through ball , only to stop , allowing Allan Moore to nip round him and cross for John Davies to scramble the ball home . |
| 20 | I held on to her and called for help . ’ |
| 21 | He got away from her and looked for Dangerfield . |
| 22 | Nina had her hand in the other girl 's handbag , and was begging her for money in exactly the same terms she had used on him while begging for heroin . |
| 23 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 24 | There was something about it that tugged for attention . |
| 25 | It met such opposition in Jamaica that Wilberforce was persuaded to withdraw it and settle for registries by colonial legislation . |
| 26 | And , surely it 's about erm helping , I do n't know how you go about it but the illegality of it prevents people admitting it and asking for help , and taking erm any advice that people can give about using it safely . |
| 27 | Next in importance would come the discovery in 1964 of the cosmic background itself , by two scientists from the US Bell Labs , Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson , who stumbled on it while looking for ways of eliminating noise in radio receivers . |
| 28 | However , the male platypus also makes use of it when competing for territory along a river , although its effect on rival males is not known . |
| 29 | Almost as many people turned up for me as had for Youngman . |
| 30 | There is a danger in reading the classics , in that they can come to be regarded simply as literature — so always try to look at them as plays for performance — and , it goes without saying , try to see as much theatre as you can . |