Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He designed that look for Susan Foreman , and indeed arranged to open his shop specially for me one evening so I could be ready for the production day next morning . |
| 2 | " I made that excuse for him last year when he 'd been with us six months . |
| 3 | He argued that support for Inkatha , which had consistently opposed sanctions , was thus " non-party political " . |
| 4 | So marked were my anxieties that I buried that experience for several years . |
| 5 | Although in many areas votes were cast for individual candidates rather than the party which fielded them , analysis of the results showed that support for the AP had shifted markedly from urban to rural areas where government development plans and projects had made an impact . |
| 6 | Nisodemus 's mouth opened and shut for a while . |
| 7 | The majority decided that challenge for fraud was precluded after six weeks . |
| 8 | The opening play of Antwerp 93 , ‘ Sarajevo ’ , about Sarajevans huddled in an underground cellar , repeated that appeal for openness and charity . |
| 9 | The salary paid to the collector by the county for his efforts to extract the cess from the taxpayers , moreover , was sufficient to stimulate competition for the post , and the attraction was enough on occasion to cause severe embarrassment to county politicians , who feared that support for one candidate would lead to the permanent alienation of his rivals and their friends . |
| 10 | A few leading officials believed that free speech , human rights and other concepts embraced by the term ‘ democracy ’ were honourable in themselves , but mostly it appeared that support for democracy was based on promoting economic progress . |
| 11 | He said that support for the opposition was growing , but many were still afraid — not surprisingly , as opposition leaders have already had officially-inspired warnings that , when the weekend 's official jubilation is over , there could be a new clampdown . |
| 12 | IBM also said that demand for the RS/6000 continued to be strong and pointed out that its operating costs are declining and that total operating expenses were down 8.9% on a year-to-year basis and that sales , general and administrative costs fell 10.1% . |
| 13 | IBM also said that demand for the RS/6000 continued to be strong and pointed out that its operating costs are declining and that total operating expenses were down 8.9% on a year-to-year basis and that sales , general and administrative costs fell 10.1% . |
| 14 | The SADCC 's annual progress report said that demand for and prices of exports of SADCC member states were higher in 1988 than in 1987 , leading to an appreciable rise in export earnings . |
| 15 | Mr Geddes said that counsel for Lothian and Tayside had advised that a referendum could be held within certain legal parameters . |
| 16 | confess to God those times when you sinned and ask for the gift of an ever-deepening sorrow for not co-operating with him . |
| 17 | Opinion polls in June 1991 suggested that support for the National Party had fallen to 35 per cent , while that for the Labour Party had risen to 42 per cent . |