Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 32 | With this , well erm I was er after the first two years when I did n't get a referred lead or recommendation cos I , I had this fear in my mind that if I asked for names , they 'd actually not give them and that they would actually then cancel the policy they 'd taken out with me , I actually thought that |
| 33 | I asked for details of how well they had maintained their new figures or if , in fact , they had n't . |
| 34 | In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter . |
| 35 | At last I was able to speak to Judge Kerwin , and I asked for news of my family . |
| 36 | At our first lunch I asked for canneloni to fill myself up . |
| 37 | And thirdly there 's a meeting at Stansted Airport of the Committee tomorrow and I wrote and said so to the Committee and said could we discuss this with the Committee tomorrow and again I asked for information to be available to the public and particularly to local Councils so they could alter the situation . |
| 38 | I enjoyed thoroughly my half-hour with Sousa for he was the most genial of hosts , but when I asked for confirmation of the Samuel Ostrander story he only smiled broadly , shaking his head . |
| 39 | And , I applied for loads of jobs and nothing ever came back . |
| 40 | I applied for leave , and departed from Victoria Station on 15 September 1946 , on the famous Golden Arrow train , which on the other side of the Channel became the Flèche d'or . |
| 41 | " I applied for school uniform grants for the kids , " said an unemployed woman in Barnsley with three children . |
| 42 | ‘ To begin with , I worked for the family , pushing the churns round the streets on the milk-cart , but then I got too old for that , and I applied for work with the Dock workers Guild at Jubilee Wharf . ’ |
| 43 | I applied for parole , and usually you get your answer a couple of weeks before the date you could be going out . |
| 44 | I applied for membership , but the day approval finally arrived , four years later , was the day we left the valley . |
| 45 | Right the what else do I want for Christmas , er well |
| 46 | ‘ There are some suggestions I made for changes but this would not prevent me signing it . |
| 47 | family house , but I mean for space and that sort of |
| 48 | ‘ I did n't mean your chairs , I mean for visitors . ’ |
| 49 | Money is tight so we need to be quite clear on I mean for instance I mean the seats have been recovered you know people smoking in the seats when they should n't be smoking and putting they 're putting their cigarette 's out on the floor I do n't know |
| 50 | and within the last say twenty five years there 's been a dramatic change in the young people 's way of thinking , maybe more of them have gone to university than they did the previous twenty five years and that there is such a difference now than there was that I mean for instance if there was a war there would n't , there would be far more conscientious objectors than there ever was before far more than erm young man saying no I 'm going to fight for my country , be patriotic I do n't think you would find , for instance , the youth of this country so patriotic as they was in the last war , your country needs you . |
| 51 | I mean for instance is a national account at do any business with us , do they ? |
| 52 | erm if if like I mean for instance we were n't clear about what we were talking about |
| 53 | And er you know he was I mean for instance at Salisbury Park he probably did n't mean anything but on Saturday when I was saying goodbye to him he said now I hope there 'll be somebody here at ten past ten to open this church tomorrow . |
| 54 | I mean for instance is gipsy a very helpful word . |
| 55 | I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it . |
| 56 | Well how difficult a season has it been so far , I mean for instance , in the minor County Championship a lot of matches were drawn I think that last season you probably would have won ? |
| 57 | The same thing with pre-West End shows — quite often , I mean for instance , there was a show at the Apollo about six months ago which was Lettuce and Lovage , er which had come out of the West End and was doing a big tour . |
| 58 | Without the motor car in mind , I mean for instance , we had Oxford , Reading and Swindon it was suggested a few years ago , that they got together and formed the Thames Valley United . |
| 59 | Because , I mean , there you are , look , I mean for argument 's sake , now , well they have e e every Tuesday off or some Monday or Tuesday off do n't he ? |
| 60 | I mean for Christ sake it 's a conference lasts three months |