Example sentences of "prayed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks afterwards I prayed for her , though I 'm not religious and she seemed as fit as ever . |
| 2 | We are most grateful to those of you who prayed for us on our recent visit to Zimbabwe . |
| 3 | We prayed for him in June . |
| 4 | I prayed for the ardour of the fruit tree , the passive rapture of the long grasses , the patient infinite receptivity of the stone walls that also pulsed and shivered with love of the Light . ’ |
| 5 | I prayed for forgiveness . |
| 6 | I prayed for us both before the altar , then lit two fat little night-light candles , one for Dana , one for myself , the larger one for him . |
| 7 | As I prayed for the peace of our souls and for forgiveness for both of us , I was startled to see the wick on his candle fall over and almost go out , while mine remained upright and brightly shining . |
| 8 | And in one village , a protest demonstration of thirty to forty inhabitants , ended in the local school , where in front of the crucifix and a picture of Hitler they prayed for ‘ the warriors , the fallen warriors , and for Führer , people , and Fatherland ’ . |
| 9 | It prayed for relief in respect of ‘ the rigid execution of forest laws in the extremity ’ and ‘ the exaction of inordinate fees by some officers under the Lord Chief Justice of the Forest in Eyre , . |
| 10 | On one occasion he says he was ill for three weeks , until his friends prayed for him and he recovered that very day . |
| 11 | ‘ The heat , ’ she lied , and prayed for the band to start playing , which it promptly did , this time a waltz . |
| 12 | He prayed for help to the Virgin and was released unscathed . |
| 13 | I prayed for them in their growing up years more than I had ever done before . |
| 14 | Ten miles out , while pedalling uphill through the dripping gloom of a forest , I prayed for some vital piece of bike to snap off and put an end to my misery . |
| 15 | In the afternoon we visited the Priory ruins where we prayed for unity and for the Decade of Evangelisation and finished off with a lusty rendition of Faith of our Fathers ! |
| 16 | We read that the apostles in Jerusalem sent Peter and John down to them and ‘ when they arrived , they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit , because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them ; they had simply been baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus . |
| 17 | I prayed for him to be filled with the Spirit . |
| 18 | As we prayed for him it was clear that the Holy Spirit was touching him powerfully , and he began to speak in tongues for the first time . |
| 19 | Then we need to see that as Jesus prayed for it , it is possible for it to occur ! |
| 20 | The new churches need to see that what Jesus prayed for in John 17 has also to be applied to love between churches . |
| 21 | Lee hurriedly asked Conrad to pour some wine , and prayed for the evening . |
| 22 | I prayed for God to let me live . |
| 23 | All week I prayed for a miracle , but it was not to be |
| 24 | I prayed for a miracle all week but it was not to be . ’ |
| 25 | I prayed for all the King 's Kids in their work places . |
| 26 | They laid Victor on the floor of their shack and prayed for him , but Victor , realising that nothing could be done just gave up and refused to eat . |
| 27 | I went and sat in the churchyard and wept for Mrs Mitchell and Nelly and prayed for myself to be forgiven and for them to be looked after . |
| 28 | After the letter came she had hoped for a miracle and prayed for one , too , but Richie Daly 's visit had snuffed out that hope in one short sentence . |
| 29 | BRITAIN 'S first vicar from the Pakistani community yesterday prayed for divine intervention in the great Cricket Ball Row . |
| 30 | Then I remembered that , in the car was the last red rose from Bayeux — I placed it on the rough ground outside the house , and prayed for the family whose happy , safe home it had once been . |