Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanderson Townsend & Gilbert and Healey & Baker acted for the vendor , while Lowther Scott Harden acted for Southlands . |
| 2 | He emphasised that he placed no significance on figures showing Marks & Spencer vying for competition as the UK 's leading retailer . |
| 3 | No trace of the plage de l'Arsenal , where Camus glimpsed for the first time the beauty of the Mediterranean . |
| 4 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt , Herbert C Hoover , Harry S Truman , James Abram Garfield and several others , were all regaled in song long before Sinatra and Monroe began serenading Kennedy or Streisand warbled for saxman Clinton . |
| 5 | Now the winter salon at Saracen , where Elinor waited for Adam , was not only the coolest but the most impressive room in the château . |
| 6 | In addition to the known central features at the systemic velocity of the galaxy ( corresponding to the velocity of its centre ) , there are strong redshifted features with intensities of about one-half or one-third of the main features at ( where LSR stands for local standard of rest ) and weak blueshifted features with intensities of about one-tenth at — 300 to -460kms -1 . |
| 7 | The spending ministers must now also meet face-to-face in Cabinet in October or November to fight for a share of the set total . |
| 8 | Oersted Institute in Copenhagen found superconductivity in ( TMTSF ) 2 PF 6 , where TMTSF stands for tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene ( New Scientist , vol 87 , p 104 ) . |
| 9 | At last they came to a clearing , where Vic headed for a mossy log . |
| 10 | However , in the past few weeks , Carlton is also believed to have invited Bainsfair Sharkey Trott and Ogilvy & Mather to pitch for the account . |
| 11 | In 1992 Olympia & York filed for protection from its creditors . |
| 12 | Top : Paul , Albert and Ralph this year , when Olympia & York filed for bankruptcy protection in America |
| 13 | Later , under cover of darkness , they crept into the house , where Charles hid for the night in the attic . |
| 14 | Seeing Laura dressed for school brought tears to her mother 's eyes . |
| 15 | It was Bavaria that provided the Catholic leadership of the Counter-Reformation in Germany , yet as we have seen the young Lassus was capable of composing not only Masses approved by the reforming cardinals but others in flagrant disregard of everything that Trent stood for ( see p. 245 ) . |
| 16 | Just as the shaman uses rhythms and natural psychedelics to conjure healing visions for the tribe , so Colin argues for raves as techno-pagan festivals , the potential site for a spiritual hedonism , a place where beats , psychedelics , dance and light can reconnect people with nature , transforming their vision of the world . |
| 17 | The viola parts of the airs de monologue that begin Acts 1 and 3 of Hippolyte ( Aricie 's ‘ Temple sacré , séjour tranquille ’ and Phèdre 's ‘ Cruelle mere des amours ’ ) are wholly editorial , though there is no evidence that Rameau wished for fuller textures : d'Indy 's viola supplies no essential harmony but largely doubles notes in other parts . |
| 18 | There can be little doubt that Nizan departed for the Soviet Union in January 1934 in a crusading spirit . |
| 19 | Now she was asleep , her fists clenched and her hair half-way into a quarter-eaten plate of spaghetti , so Haverford called for il doloroso and to his daughter 's surprise pulled money out of a back pocket , new ten thousand lire notes . |
| 20 | The sort of ‘ sweeping , wrenching change in national economic govern-ance ’ that Stockman yearned for is the stuff of utopian dreams and has little to do with the realities of American politics . |
| 21 | Soft music filled Helen 's rooms , and she and Edward looked so happy that Sophie rejoiced for them . |
| 22 | The die had been cast , and all that Germany stood for — admirable as well as abominable-entered into his soul . |
| 23 | And so it was all along the line , from Telnitz in the south , right the way to the Olmütz road , where the plain rose into the foothills of the mountains to the north ; and after he had disappeared into the tumult and light , neither Thiercelin nor Epitot spoke for a long time . |
| 24 | There were only four fights , proper fights , that is , one house burned — and that was an accident that Ewan apologised for most handsomely next day — nobody killed , and just six men what you might call damaged . |
| 25 | It is understood that GGT pitched for the company 's media business as early as last August , without LH-S ' knowledge , and the decision to move the account was taken before Christmas . |
| 26 | The West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List allocates him a reign of three years , with one variant reading of two , but Bede also says that Caedwalla reigned for two years before his abdication in 688 ( HE IV , 12 : V , 7 ) ( see also above , p. 51 ) . |
| 27 | They moved to a flat in Kensington that Ken financed for them — to the point that he made Carry On Regardless solely to recoup some of his losses . |
| 28 | This year 's winners of the NatWest Trophy will receive a record £27,500 prize — around £5,000 more than Pakistan collected for beating England in the World Cup final — because the total prize-money has increased to £73,350 . |
| 29 | Charles Cooper , also there for the Justice Department , remembered that North paused for a moment , silent , before he responded . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it was no more than Scotland deserved for perseverance , and a fitting punishment for the obstinate Maltese when Nevin squeezed in a third goal in the 85th minute to ensure Scotland 's opening victory of this World Cup campaign . |