Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time to time he returned to Antwerp to arrange for the shipping of his works to England . |
| 2 | I hope Kelly plays for the RoI . |
| 3 | BASIC INSTINCT is already famous , a ) for the precedent-setting and record-breaking three million bucks writer Joe Eszterhas got for the screenplay , and b ) for the concerted efforts of the American lesbian and gay community to harass the production because of its alleged depiction of lesbianism and bisexual women as homicidal maniacs , and standing outside theatres giving away the surprise ending . |
| 4 | ‘ Pozzo , ’ Haverford translated for the benefit of the English present . |
| 5 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 6 | In 1923 Van Der Meulen applied for the post of consul there and was selected for a three-year training in Arabic and Islam by the great Leiden Arabist , Snouck Hurgronje . |
| 7 | The 25-year-old QPR striker , who once had the blood of a slaughtered sheep smothered on his forehead and boots in Turkey , was the only new name Graham Taylor announced for the November 18 game . |
| 8 | De la Mare asked for the Earl of March to be appointed to the advisory group , together with the Earls of Warwick , Stafford and Suffolk . |
| 9 | Two considered the treatment of poverty and idleness : Grevos Grones for the Poor ( 1622 ) and The Poore Orphans Court ( 1636 ) . |
| 10 | The Yasa provided for the settlement of disputes and affairs of honour only between the races of the True People , for they alone were equipped with the talons with which the kanly — formal mortal combat — was fought . |
| 11 | Having evaded the other Fiats , Taylour headed for the carrier with his wounded TAG , where only prompt and skilful action by the ‘ Ark 's , surgeon prevented the loss of Howard 's leg . |
| 12 | He then spent a brief spell on the staff at the Gaczyna spy school before being sent to Angola in 1974 as a senior military adviser ; three years later he took over as commandant of the notorious Balashikha , a centre on the outskirts of Moscow used for the training of international terrorists . |
| 13 | I have to admit that I felt a strange sense of elation as I hit him again , in fact I plumbed the depths of bad taste by yelling , ‘ Never one around when you want one , is there , Jack ? ’ as Armstrong bounced for the second time . |
| 14 | The first stage of Felix lased for the first time in August 1991 , and the second stage will be operational this summer . |
| 15 | Interview he sez ICI has for the last two decades looked at ways of helping the environment . |
| 16 | RD stands for the index figure for the month in which the disposal occurs . |
| 17 | He subsequently offered to supply free electricity to Czechoslovakia to compensate for the loss of generating capacity from the plant . |
| 18 | While in Cartagena , Colombia , on Dec. 2-3 for the " Group of Rio " summit [ see p. 38675 ] , President Fujimori of Peru and President Borja of Ecuador met for the first time to discuss their longstanding border dispute [ see p. 38526 ] . |
| 19 | The beginning of that evolution is usually dated to the constitution which Solon produced for the city in or around the year 594 BC.Solon 's intervention was itself the outcome of a period of conflict between " the masse and " the notable , according to the account given by Aristotle in The Athenian Constitution . |
| 20 | The third narrative tells how George Meredith modelled for the corpse in the painting and how his wife then ran away with the painter ( see also the sonnets in Meredith 's Modern Love ) . |
| 21 | But did you say Madge asked for the keys ? |
| 22 | For 30 years , Niyogi fought for the social and economic improvement of oppressed people . |
| 23 | Although on-trial Norwegian striker Tore Andre Dahlum plays for the reserves on Wednesday , Ferguson admits he is for the future , and he must plunge now . |
| 24 | Thus Mary of Guise and cardinal Beaton fought for the support of lord Gray and lord Ruthven ; Beaton won the first , though in 1548 he came over to Mary ; two years after the cardinal 's death , Mary won the second . |
| 25 | Educated at University College London ( 1879–83 ) in general science , Hatch qualified for the gold medal and Tuffnell scholarship in analytical chemistry in the intermediate science examination in 1881 . |
| 26 | Ann headed for the kitchen . |
| 27 | The use of Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls for the conducting of French nuclear tests continued to attract fierce criticism . |
| 28 | Organizations for linking , such as those which many LEAs provide for the primary-to-secondary move , have also done much to encourage the pooling of detailed information about the curriculum up to the age of 16 and the curriculum either in the technical or vocational context up to the age of 17 or 18 or in a tertiary college up to the age of 18 . |
| 29 | Charlotte Fischer , Emma Sokell and Sarah Spittle ran both for the College and the University Blues Team , and Vicki Edwards and Katherine Walker played for the University Women 's Tennis Team . |
| 30 | Because the $17,000 Dustin received for the picture was not enough to ensure any real security for himself , let alone Anne and the child , he was still not prepared to get married . |