Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [noun] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That holiday morning I found Miss Louise waiting for me just inside the door with a pair of old shoes and a pair of slippers in her hands . |
| 2 | POPPING in on the newest railway , the Lakeside Miniature at Eastleigh , found Clive Upton preparing for the day . |
| 3 | Matters were not helped when we found Doctor Agrippa waiting for us in a seaside tavern , cheerful and full of life as a well-fed sparrow . |
| 4 | Who invited Doctor Jekyll to go for a walk ? |
| 5 | I imagined Gregory Peck running for cover in that spooky cemetery in The Omen . |
| 6 | Alberto Tomba , after a fall in the Valloire super giant slalom , ducked Val d'Isere to prepare for the home snow of Sestriere , one of the toughest slalom slopes in the world . |
| 7 | This followed United States calls for a multilateral effort to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons development programme [ see also this page ] . |
| 8 | Hearing Ginsberg 's tumultuous reading of Howl spurred Lawrence Ferlinghetti to ask for permission to publish it under his City Lights imprint in San Francisco . |
| 9 | Indeed , it was a subject which Alison Nicholas and Laura Davies brought up the following week as they watched Ian Woosnam going for his putts in the World Cup at the nearby Grand Cypress Resort . |
| 10 | Three ministers have also been forced out over the past two weeks , an unprecedented exodus which prompted Mr Amato to call for the vote . |
| 11 | I thought Uncle Keith went for it once ? |
| 12 | Who did Ilya Kuryakin work for ? 14 . |
| 13 | Also screening are films from Japan and Korea : WHY DID BODHI DHARMA LEAVE FOR THE EAST ? : the re-issued Kurosawa classic DERSU UZALA and CIRCUS BOYS , by talented young director Kaizo Hayashi . |
| 14 | In which year did Enoch Powell stand for the leadership of the Conservative Party ? |
| 15 | Although on-trial Norwegian striker Tore Andre Dahlum plays for the reserves on Wednesday , Ferguson admits he is for the future , and he must plunge now . |
| 16 | Why did President Clinton agree for erm Terry Adams ? |
| 17 | Where did Mr C go for his rap lessons ? |
| 18 | Which airline did Mrs Taubman work for before she became Mrs Sotheby 's ? ) . |
| 19 | Gerry Adams , that 's right I 've go Gerry Adams , why did Professor Clinton agree for Gerry Adams to visit erm the United States ? |
| 20 | How many games did Mark Ferguson play for Tranmere , and what was his scoring record ? |
| 21 | The fixture was won by Mandale , who had Anthony Borsumato to thank for fine victories in the 400 metres hurdles ( 56.7 secs ) and long jump ( 6.52 metres ) . |
| 22 | City equalised through Peter Costello after 49 minutes but then had Graham Bressington dismissed for a scything tackle on Tony Griffiths . |
| 23 | Study this travel graph.1 At noon , a motor launch left Montego Bay heading for Miami at a speed of 10km/h . |
| 24 | He had Jimmy Dickinson caddying for him , but Jimmy caddies for Jack Nicklaus in the Ryder Cup . |