Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 2 | Fascinated Athelstan watched the strange hand signs which Philippa translated for him . |
| 3 | Then he coughed a little as if he had embarrassed himself and went on , returning to his normal , slightly facetious manner , ‘ Though not one Mrs Hobbs cared for , I 'm afraid . |
| 4 | Malaysia , Thailand , Indonesia and Bolivia account for 70 per cent of world output . |
| 5 | Only one in 100 workers in California 's fields is a union member , although many farm employers now provide the health benefits which Chavez fought for . |
| 6 | Horsley asked for £500,000 . |
| 7 | Jerome made for him , heavy and urgent with news . |
| 8 | The widening of the EEC argued for greater awareness of the European market and the need for both young people and businesses to face the real demands for new skills , greater knowledge of other languages and more mobility in moving throughout other countries . |
| 9 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 10 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 11 | Rodney Hampton ran for 138 yards and Jeff Hostetler passed for a pair of touchdowns . |
| 12 | From time to time he returned to Antwerp to arrange for the shipping of his works to England . |
| 13 | Suppose that instead of paying Lockheed , Boeing and General Dynamics $65 billion to build 648 of the new fighters , and thus partly freezing the technology for 20 years , the Pentagon asked for just 72 operational aircraft , plus spares and trainers , and then kept the production line ticking over . |
| 14 | Baker met for talks with a three-member Palestinian delegation led by Faisal al-Husseini , director of the East Jerusalem Institute of Arab Studies , on July 21 . |
| 15 | He sounded so fiercely protective that she wondered sadly what it would be like to have a man care for her as much as Roman cared for Berenice . |
| 16 | I hope Kelly plays for the RoI . |
| 17 | Each subject key is restricted to three letters and a pupil searching for information on WATER might search under PHY and WAT for materials on WATER in relation to PHYSICS or under WAT to search for anything on WATER . |
| 18 | Joe Foley led for much of the distance , but once Belfast 's Stephen Mely had fought his way clear of a rather physical confrontation with Michael Cullen he closed on Foley and moved ahead with two of the 15 laps left . |
| 19 | BASIC INSTINCT is already famous , a ) for the precedent-setting and record-breaking three million bucks writer Joe Eszterhas got for the screenplay , and b ) for the concerted efforts of the American lesbian and gay community to harass the production because of its alleged depiction of lesbianism and bisexual women as homicidal maniacs , and standing outside theatres giving away the surprise ending . |
| 20 | He has winged his way across the world in pursuit of his hobby , a mission that has included Venezuela , Thailand , Africa and Israel among others — with Costa Rica planned for this year . |
| 21 | The Government had failed to agree on a programme : Baldwin was for protection ; Samuel was against it ; and MacDonald asked for ‘ a doctors mandate ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Pozzo , ’ Haverford translated for the benefit of the English present . |
| 23 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 24 | Kicking the body off his machete , Mortimer made for Carrefour , who was frantically scraping at the grave . |
| 25 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 26 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 27 | In 1923 Van Der Meulen applied for the post of consul there and was selected for a three-year training in Arabic and Islam by the great Leiden Arabist , Snouck Hurgronje . |
| 28 | While Laura unpacked the picnic , before joining Emma and Sophie to search for shells along the shore , Ross managed to find enough driftwood to build a small fire . |
| 29 | Telephone or client bidding secured the majority : ‘ The Princess of Salm with her son ’ sold for £29,000 ( $45,820 ) , est. £30–45,000 ; ‘ Monsieur de Cormainville sold for £42,000 ( $65,436 ) , est. £25–35,000 ; ‘ The Prince of Saxe-Gotha with his Tutor ’ sold for £20,000 ( $31,600 ) , est. £25–35,000 ) ; ‘ Baron de Talleyrand ’ sold for the same amount against the estimate of £20–30,000 ; ‘ Baron de Bombelles ’ sold for £18,000 ( $28,044 ) , est. £20–25,000 ; ‘ The Duke of York on a quay ’ sold for £17,000 ( $26,486 ) , estimated £20–30,000 ; and ‘ Colonel Morrison ’ sold for £13,000 ( $20,254 ) , est. £15–25,000 . |
| 30 | The softness of the Georgia O'Keeffe market was evident : the small and not very exciting ‘ Cannas ’ ( lot 160 est. $125–175,000 ) went to Santa Fe dealer , Gerald Peters for $130,000 ( £81,250 ) . |