Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had been paying more attention to his face she might have believed that his deeply shocked , anguished expression was not an act , put on for her benefit . |
| 2 | She watched him stroll away down the corridor as if he had n't a care in the world , knowing full well he was putting the act on for her benefit , and that he must be worrying about the star performer who was also his best friend . |
| 3 | American woman Diane Schaeffer was the case which actress Catherine Cussack read up on for her role as Carmel . |
| 4 | An exquisite minimalist banquet was laid on for their benefit . |
| 5 | Everything had been laid on for their comfort . |
| 6 | Read on for me David will you David |
| 7 | I 've got Arthur on for you Bryn . . |
| 8 | Do you want me to sew this back on for you babe ? |
| 9 | I 'll put the kettle on for you Brian . |
| 10 | Read on for us Paul please . |
| 11 | Just read on for us James please when you 've finished yawning . |
| 12 | Read on for us Lena sixty two . |
| 13 | He had been Senior British Officer in command of the prisoners in the orphanage and he had received considerable help from the people of Fontanellato ; eventually he had been helped to reach Switzerland , Now , suddenly , a few months before the date we had settled on for our marriage , he began to worry about the idea of one of his officers ( who made no claims to any sort of upper-class lineage ) marrying the daughter of a village schoolmaster . |
| 14 | Recently it has emerged that the search party conducted on that final weekend was a rather showy finale , put on for our benefit . |
| 15 | It seems self-evident that war , and the authority of the military and security men , have rendered most of us mere passive spectators because we are powerless to change the course of the story ; but also because in the end the war , like national public life , has been put on for our benefit . |
| 16 | Usually I caught the bus , and then returned in the evening on one of the several RAF trucks laid on for our use . |
| 17 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 18 | The research Jarvis embarked on for his book took him into the lower level concourse at Bond Street . |
| 19 | On another night , he went on for his Fred Astaire routine , after one of three ultra-quick changes , with his flies open . |
| 20 | She provides a lopsided interpretation of Freemantle 's report that on her death bed the poet expressed concern for her father and asked that the subscription be carried on for his sake : |
| 21 | He was an undergraduate then , of course , but he stayed on for his doctorate , then became a fellow . |
| 22 | Chatam remains reasonably treated on a 12lb higher mark than last year , he acts well on soft ground , is ideally suited by Newbury 's left-handed track , and the weight of ante-post money suggests he will be spot on for his reappearance . |
| 23 | He cleared the breakfast things and left him with the small addressed postcard that he had been provided with to write a message on for his mother . |
| 24 | Money was piling on for his mount . |
| 25 | So it will tend to pull and it almost definitely is either reaching or pulling or holding something or holding on for your life , |
| 26 | Please would you include this in the What 's On for your June magazine . |
| 27 | Very sensible of you to come up , as we 'll need your consent for any treatment the doctor may decide on for your lad . ’ |
| 28 | I made a full statement and the contents of that I rely on for my defence . ’ |
| 29 | I made a full statement , the contents of which I rely on for my defence . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd like to change because I think good actors do alter the way they look and it 's something I plan to work on for my career in the future . ’ |