Example sentences of "to the [noun prp] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi had met US President Bush on Oct. 2 in the course of a visit to the USA to lobby for the continuation of CIA aid . |
| 2 | She made two hazardous voyages to the USA to plead for a permanent international organization for collective security , disarmament , and positive relief measures . |
| 3 | BELGRADE ( Reuter ) — The Yugoslav Prime Minister , Ante Markovic , leaving behind an economic crisis with inflation running at almost 1,200 per cent , flew to the US to ask for $1bn to back up his reform programme . |
| 4 | But the Australian Government went further and instructed its delegation to the IWC to work for a permanent global ban — not a moratorium , a ban — and at the same time to press for humane measures while any whaling continued . |
| 5 | While Chapman 's team first reached the top of the table , in October 1923 , a petition was sent to the FA asking for the ban on his former colleagues at Leeds City to be lifted . |
| 6 | This together with his DC–3 rating ( back to the August issue for more on that ) gained in the States , spells new adventure . |
| 7 | When we said a rather overwhelmed no thank you , he directed us to the V.I.P.lounge to wait for our flight — cream leather armchairs free tea , coffee or soft drinks , sandwiches , cakes and more free newspapers . |
| 8 | George 's merits were recognised within the game with a number of minor representative honours , and when he left us he had a spell with Millwall before returning to the Midlands to play for Kidderminster . |