Example sentences of "to [noun prp] and [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moved to Chelsea and waited for Joyce 's divorce decree to become absolute . |
| 2 | I went to Brighton and saw for myself the absence of most of the top players due to other events taking place . |
| 3 | In 1811 he won the competition for a complex of buildings in Plymouth consisting of a hotel , assembly rooms , and theatre ; and , his success with this important commission establishing his local reputation , he moved to Plymouth and remained for twenty-five years the leading architect of the neighbourhood . |
| 4 | He was refused entry to Kuwait and asked for asylum in France.President Giscard d'Estaing asked the Shah his views and the Shah made one of the worst mistakes in his reign by agreeing the Khomeini should go to France , He assumed that the obstreperous priest would be les of a threat to him in distant , Christian France than in neighbouring , radical , Islamic country . |
| 5 | I waved to Toby and went for the door . |
| 6 | It was still early when they went in to Gamages and headed for Ladies ' Gowns . |
| 7 | Then I thought I would try writing a thirty-minute comedy play , which I sent to ITV and asked for their comments . |
| 8 | It has even been mistakenly argued that at some point during the 1320s he fled to Paris and studied for a while at the Sorbonne . |
| 9 | He then knelt and confessed his sin to God and asked for the forgiveness that is in Christ to be his . |
| 10 | I learned that my parents had got to London and prayed for the day I 'd be able to see them . |
| 11 | Joseph of Arimathaea , a member of the Sanhedrin who was obviously sympathetic to Jesus ( Matthew claims he had become a secret disciple ) , went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus . |