Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fascinated Athelstan watched the strange hand signs which Philippa translated for him . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Horsley asked for £500,000 . |
| 5 | Jerome made for him , heavy and urgent with news . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 8 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 9 | Rodney Hampton ran for 138 yards and Jeff Hostetler passed for a pair of touchdowns . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Government had failed to agree on a programme : Baldwin was for protection ; Samuel was against it ; and MacDonald asked for ‘ a doctors mandate ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Pozzo , ’ Haverford translated for the benefit of the English present . |
| 18 | However , when Bernard applied for planning permission to build a factory on the site he was turned down by the local highways department . |
| 19 | Kicking the body off his machete , Mortimer made for Carrefour , who was frantically scraping at the grave . |
| 20 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 21 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Gatting , back after serving three years of a five-year ban for his part in the rebel tour of South Africa , has unselfishly not forgotten how Gower fought for him to be his understudy in the sub-continent . |
| 25 | On Dec. 16 MCC applied for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States code of bankruptcy law and on Dec. 20 the UK High Court placed MCC in administration . |
| 26 | The travellers were trying to get into a rock festival at Long Marston airfield near Stratford on Avon planned for this weekend.Roads around the site were blocked by the travellers as they confronted the police for most of the night . |
| 27 | Sunderland asked for a £50,000 facility fee for admission to their match with Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | Arthur Nicholls cared for her wonderfully — I think he often stayed awake all night . |
| 29 | With her new role Alison qualified for a company car . |
| 30 | Tours of Czechoslovakia planned for 1992 . |