Example sentences of "[vb past] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As decisions became for oneself increasingly final and far-reaching in their implications , it was refreshing to deal with problems that would be solved by the mere passage of time . |
| 32 | Helen let out a wail and plunged for her doll . |
| 33 | We were woken at the crack of dawn by the pitter patter of seagulls as they pecked for their breakfast . |
| 34 | If your sum insured is less than that recommended for your type of home , we strongly recommend that you increase it . |
| 35 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27-6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 36 | But Paul did n't go home empty-handed , for earlier in the day he won the fours trophy when he led for his father Brian , who had a one-way ticket to next year 's British Isles championships in Ayr with a 27–6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 37 | They say never ask for whom the bell tolls , but when Steven Ivin heard one ring out after the second world war he knew it tolled for him . |
| 38 | ‘ Harry agreed for his part , like Ben said . |
| 39 | She would do it if she really cared for him , he believed . |
| 40 | So she came back to London and married the man I called my father , but she never really cared for him and she still saw this other man sometimes when he came to London on business . |
| 41 | In the same way , they took care to spend no more time together than the daily round of school life made appropriate , but the simple knowledge that there was now one person in the small , enclosed community who cared for him healed Richard 's wounded spirit . |
| 42 | She cared for him , probably more than either of us understand . |
| 43 | To a romantic affectionate boy such as Rich , watching the wear of work , sensing the tensions of poverty , longing for everything to be given to those who cared for him so much , money could seem the sole solution , the salvation . |
| 44 | He might even take against her and she cared for him . |
| 45 | I ca n't bring myself to say she does n't care about her father , but she does n't act as if she cared for him very much . " |
| 46 | Well as she cared for him , he was quite an embarrassment to his mother , and the less he was evident in her life the better . |
| 47 | It also became clear why he 'd wanted to make love to her ; to make her believe he cared , because if she cared for him who better to persuade the colonel to tell his friends on the council to let the plans go through ? |
| 48 | Mother cared for him with a gentleness born out of genuine relief at still having him to care for . |
| 49 | ‘ He 's old enough to have respect for one who cared for him during his teenage years . |
| 50 | All her previous doubts as to whether they were right for each other , whether she cared for him enough , had been answered by her reaction to Michele Lorenzo . |
| 51 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 52 | Daughter who cared for her father |
| 53 | She may experience a crisis of disbelief in her religious faith , or direct her anger towards the medical or nursing staff who cared for her husband , for failing to save his life ; or she may blame family or friends and have feelings of guilt and anger against herself for things that were done or not done during his lifetime . |
| 54 | A wife 's vivid account of how she cared for her declining husband . |
| 55 | Their only appeal to Clara lay in their austerity , which sometimes reached a point where it bordered on the dangerously extreme ; there was one sad tale , for instance , of a little girl who cared for her cruel stepmother with unfailing devotion , and who died of pneumonia after running out in her nightgown to look for her stepmother 's cat . |
| 56 | Esther Clark moved to Tetbury , where she cared for her step-daughter and took an active interest in local charities . |
| 57 | It was I who cared for her murdered child through his last days . ’ |
| 58 | Around her the crowd ebbed and flowed in a flurry of noise and colour , and Lucenzo 's arm curled around her body as if he cared for her safety . |
| 59 | When Ali Marwash 's daughter died the custom was followed to the letter since the girl was Ali Marwash 's only child and he cared for her more then he probably would have done had there been sons in the family . |
| 60 | Maybe it was the wild untamedness of the river , its banks populated by real people , proud and self sufficient , who cared for their neighbours as well as their own . |