Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who makes the ‘ Dual Sound ’ pickup Frank chose for the bridge position on the Ibanez FGM 100 ? |
| 2 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |
| 3 | White as grubs in our swaddling bands , we will be dispatched to join those infant souls whose eternal whining Aeneas mistook for weeping . |
| 4 | The following afternoon Heather called for Shirley , who was in her Six and who lived two doors away from her , and asked her to go with her to Olinton Farm to get some butter . |
| 5 | The district general hospital in Barnsley , south Yorkshire called for such volunteers when 100 staff went sick . |
| 6 | Some of the new poetry Coleridge intended for the joint volume was not written with nearly such ease . |
| 7 | Morris clipped the papers together and tossed them across onto Dyson 's desk Dyson had for some reason assumed that Morris would bring them over and stand beside him while he went through them . |
| 8 | Shortly into the second half Thompson scored for Banbridge again Wray added the points . |
| 9 | The chains for the bridge were cast at Upton Magna in Shropshire and thoroughly tested on a machine Telford devised for the purpose . |
| 10 | The Reverend J. M. Wilson called for social purity , ‘ for the good of your nation and your country ’ , and warned that ‘ Rome fell ; other nations are falling ’ . |
| 11 | In addition Hickey served for some years as deputy to the sheriff of Calcutta and became clerk to Sir Henry Russell [ q.v. ] , ultimately chief justice of the Supreme Court . |
| 12 | It was reported on Dec. 18 that KIO had promised to inject new funds into other major Spanish companies threatened by the Grupo Torras collapse , after the Torras-owned property group Prima filed for receivership . |
| 13 | During the war Montagu worked for the Ministry of Information in the film division . |
| 14 | The theme Eva took for her testimony at a united service in Brisbane the Good Friday after her conversion summed up her new found faith . |
| 15 | That evening Julia dressed for dinner with unusual care and even did her hair in a new style . |
| 16 | At that moment Larsen stopped for a breather , glanced up and caught sight of Grant 's head outlined against the night sky . |
| 17 | Constanze , then four or five months pregnant , was also in a wretched state , and at one point Mozart feared for her life . |
| 18 | A non-permanent colour added both warmth and shine to Michelle 's hair — colourist Kerry opted for a mix of Havannah and Natural Dark Brown from the Colour Touch range . |
| 19 | But he paid the huge fee Horowitz demanded for accepting an ‘ assignment ’ . |
| 20 | The slanderous epitaph Burns wrote for John Brown of Mauchline could have applied equally as well to the poet himself : |
| 21 | Kit Everard sent for a midwife from the islanders to come and help her ; two did so , and strained coffee roots in tisanes to strengthen her as she laboured . |
| 22 | Teams : Rugeley MG All Stars and Team Uniprint tied for first with Rugeley MG Blue third . |
| 23 | It rested unmistakably on Gloucester 's superiority and recognition of that fact was the price Northumberland paid for his protection . |
| 24 | It rested unmistakably on Gloucester 's superiority and recognition of that fact was the price Northumberland paid for his protection . |
| 25 | Just a short while Bobby read for twenty minutes or something . |
| 26 | On Christmas night Ruth went for her nightly bath and came out in her nightdress . |
| 27 | He saw Owen redden with pleasure , and laughed , flinging an arm about his shoulders so forgetfully that it was a worthy as well as a willing sacrifice Owen made for him , containing the pain of the embrace . |
| 28 | President dos Santos appealed for the UN to stay on for two or three months after the elections . |
| 29 | What were they using if not the stuff Johnson intended for babies ' bums ? |
| 30 | This accommodation , named " Hudson Flats " , bears witness not only to the enthusiasm with which the late Jimmy Hudson and his wife Mary worked for the provision of annual " Old Folks ' Holidays " , but also to the sum of £72,000 which they raised themselves towards the purchase of this property . |