Example sentences of "[verb] for " in BNC.
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| 61 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
| 62 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |
| 63 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
| 64 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |
| 65 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 66 | Two years ago the 41year-old received a similar amount when his former teams of Liverpool and Arsenal met for a testimonial match . |
| 67 | Prime Minister John Major and Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen met for talks at 10 Downing Street today on next week 's EC summit in Copenhagen . |
| 68 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 69 | As the Cabinet met for an unprecedented late-night session , Mr Major was searching for a way out of the deadlock that would help Chancellor Norman Lamont unveil a mini-Budget for recovery next week . |
| 70 | As the Cabinet met for an unprecedented late-night session , Mr Major was searching for a way out of the deadlock that would help Chancellor Norman Lamont unveil a mini-Budget for recovery next week . |
| 71 | Scientists working on the jet fusion project at Culham in south Oxfordshire have been protesting today in a bid to influence leading figures in the project as they met for the second day of their full Council Meeting . |
| 72 | As is often the case , some last-minute idea blossoms while what had seemed a brilliant solution and been pondered for ages falls quite flat . |
| 73 | Nevertheless his characters are heathens , strictly speaking , and Tolkien , having pondered for so long on the Beowulf -poet 's careful balances , was as aware of this fact as he was aware of the opposing images of open Christianity poised at many moments to take over his story . |
| 74 | Well we we often had people coming and asking to use our telephone , because either the telephones were erm all out of order , or you could only dial for emergencies . |
| 75 | 911 is the number you would dial for emergency in America hence the name of the program . |
| 76 | Quite as remarkable as the original display of ill temper was the graciousness which prompted him to apologize for it . |
| 77 | I am standing on platform eleven at London 's Liverpool Street station , listening to a British Rail Tannoy announcement , delivered as dispassionately and routinely as an abattoir attendant 's delivering a bolt through the skull of yet another helpless , terrified , steer : ‘ British Rail would like to apologize for the late running of the six-thirty to Lowestoft . |
| 78 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 79 | He delivered a strong attack on Paisley and sent his Minister for Home Affairs to the General Assembly to apologize for the demonstration and to promise that ‘ the Government will take all possible steps to put a recurrence of such indignities to the Head of this great church and his distinguished guests ’ . |
| 80 | Franco Ferrero wishes to apologize for the delay in sending out his Kayak & Mountain brochure but by now it should be on the way to all who requested it . |
| 81 | We are all far too inclined to apologize for ourselves . |
| 82 | Presumably he had in mind — nothing else would have been reconcilable with his profession of non-violence — not so much killing as bravely standing up to be killed , but the position was one he felt constrained to apologize for later . |
| 83 | When I actually began to realize that there were advantages to being gay , that changed my whole attitude — up till then I had always thought of it as something to be sorry for , to apologize for . |
| 84 | It was not intended to give this impression , and we take this opportunity to make that clear and to apologize for any embarrassment caused . |
| 85 | They appeared to apologize for their pitiable weaknesses , instead of forming themselves into a counter attack . |
| 86 | And I want to apologize for last night , I made an awful ass of myself , I am sorry . ’ |
| 87 | It is like asking a Jew to apologize for being a Jew . ’ |
| 88 | There had already been one heated exchange between herself and the school managers , when Outram had pointedly refused to apologize for introducing controversial subjects . |
| 89 | Oliver pretended to apologize for her . |
| 90 | She followed him up the room , repeating her sympathy and when that did not hold his attention , she began to apologize for her lateness in coming to speak to him about the tragedy . |