Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no one had any suggestions ; almost everything had been tried , or asked for , or abandoned . |
| 2 | Or asked for it . |
| 3 | Aitken did not tell Fraser of any suggestion of confidentiality since , as he later affirmed , he did not believe that any undertaking had been given or asked for . |
| 4 | He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help . |
| 5 | The volume of the utterance may be loud to express anger or whispered for secrecy . |
| 6 | In October 1921 the Huddersfield unemployed sent a deputation to Herbert Chapman asking for admission charges ( raised from 6d to ls in 1919 ) to be waived or lowered for those with a dole card . |
| 7 | If future league tables report disaggregated profiles for resources and costs for each study then the costs may be validated or recalculated for the decision maker 's own setting . |
| 8 | This applies particularly to stones designed for young people but because they are still growing and changing themselves , the moral and psychological lessons must not be rigid or overstrained for these young readers . |
| 9 | The cubes can be added to soups and sauces or thawed for use in puddings and cakes . |
| 10 | Accordingly , a bill of lading stating that goods had been shipped or received for shipment ‘ and in the hands of the lawful holder , should be conclusive evidence against the carrier of such shipment or receipt . ’ |
| 11 | Bank current account loan or ordinary loan Cash loan usually for specific purpose ( like buying expensive durables or cars ) for people with bank accounts , usually without security ( unless it 's a large sum or borrowed for a long time ) ; usually fixed , regular payments over two or three ( occasionally up to seven ) years ; interest on what is owed fluctuates in line with but rather higher than bank base rate . |
| 12 | The unequal status which women possess in society results in a situation in which what they have to say is for many purposes discounted or reinterpreted for them . |
| 13 | They assemble in colonies many thousand strong and nest in long holes that they have either taken over from rabbits or dug for themselves . |
| 14 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 15 | If you have had a licence refused or revoked for medical reasons your application may still be considered . |
| 16 | At least , if she was unhappy , or fretted for her family , she did n't say so . |
| 17 | We waited in the shed while rain boomed and clattered on to the metal roof , and no aircraft took off or landed for hour after hour . |
| 18 | So too wealth should be used as a means to good ends , but never be sought or enjoyed for its own sake . |
| 19 | I still make necklaces from strips of knitting with beads or marbles sewn in at intervals and they are still very popular , whether ‘ wooly ’ for sweaters or lurexed for evening wear ; but |I have recently been trying very simple macramé to knot several strips decoratively together and maybe add a few beads or jewels and the results can be quite spectacular . |
| 20 | Most members of the elite accepted the contrast or worked for gradual reform . |
| 21 | Anything he pioneered , created or evolved for the series , up to his resignation from the BBC in 1964 , was owned lock , stock and barrel by the Corporation . |
| 22 | Green did not go to church every Sunday — sometimes he walked around the house and idled , or went for a walk in the hills ; but he notes his attendance at church , in Ambleside , Grasmere or Keswick and the preacher he has heard . |
| 23 | Koster came in to direct , cut the budget to six million dollars , and either passed over Olivier for Burton ( whom he admired ) or went for Burton after Olivier turned it down . |
| 24 | The analysis which follows in the succeeding five chapters attempts to show that they are irksome ; and indeed many are immovable without other deep-seated changes in society ; and that these can not be advocated or struggled for on the grounds of soil conservation alone . |
| 25 | Neither of them moved or spoke for several minutes . |
| 26 | They never came and bawled him or nattered for it . |
| 27 | This situation arose when a Prime Minister died in office or resigned for personal reasons , that is to say , when a vacancy occurred which was not accompanied by any change in the position of the parties . |
| 28 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 29 | It does not necessarily call for an ethical content , so facts are often distorted or falsified for self-interest . |
| 30 | If insufficient force is maintained , or relaxed for a moment , the aircraft will try and turn which will produce a roll and in next to no time the aircraft is inverted and on its way down . |