Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider , for example , the case of two owners of agricultural land on the periphery of a town , both of whom applied for planning permission to develop for housing purposes — the first being given permission and the second refused on the ground that the site in question was to form part of a green belt . |
| 2 | Life , as John recalls it , was happy if hard , with not much time left over for fun after the daily toil was complete and certainly nothing to spare for luxuries . |
| 3 | There are not enough young girls playing , not enough of them competing for places . |
| 4 | You could see them struggling for answers and coming up with nothing at all . |
| 5 | Imagine my amazement when , on my first day in the new set-up , I found that everyone fought for attention by dramatizing every event . |
| 6 | They have short attention spans so do n't expect them to sit for hours on end without fidgeting , yawning or falling asleep . |
| 7 | Emmie said , ‘ Mr Sargent likes me to go for walks with him . |
| 8 | Mass screening is not feasible , but targeting groups at high risk and asking them to attend for screening is perfectly plausible . |
| 9 | Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ? |
| 10 | ‘ Pertwee told me to wait for Charlie Hatton , ’ Cullam said . |
| 11 | When the kids are really young , it 's no use expecting them to wait for Christmas Day — and two four-month-old Siberian tiger cubs at Howletts animal park , Canterbury , are no exception . |
| 12 | Feeding all the chicks equally in a poor season might well lead to all of them dying for lack of adequate nourishment . |
| 13 | For instance , although we are not self-sufficient in milk products , British dairy farmers have quotas imposed on them to compensate for French and German over-production . |
| 14 | But I 'd just like everyone to know for Daddy 's sake that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 15 | When I was thirteen my father wanted me to try for Westminster School , one of the main ‘ public ’ — that is to say , private — schools . |
| 16 | ‘ Now everyone looks for ways to solve problems . |
| 17 | I asked for £75 and was refused , so I refused . |
| 18 | When I arrived at the counter I asked for Katrina . |
| 19 | Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . |
| 20 | On jobs , its almost certain there will be further losses during the next two years , but bear in mind that when I asked for SVS volunteers last September more than 230 people applied . |
| 21 | I asked for Hammond Innes , Frederick Forsyth , Iris Murdoch and Evelyn Waugh . |
| 22 | But this time I asked for Nurse Sally , the hyperactive Mrs Cody 's minder . |
| 23 | I mean I asked for cream when I came here . |
| 24 | S I well I asked for questions before , Mr , but erm what is your question ? |
| 25 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 26 | I asked for Dr Grant . |
| 27 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 28 | The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it . |
| 29 | If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me . |
| 30 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |