Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kennan met MacArthur for lunch on 1 March ; MacArthur stated that there had previously been only one successful military occupation in history and this had been Julius Caesar 's achievement in the subjugated barbarian provinces . |
| 2 | In turn , Goff invited Minton for weekend visits to his four-hundred-year-old cottage at Dallington in Sussex . |
| 3 | When two of the Society 's officials visited Orkney for consultation with the Social Work Department , the Orkney grapevine ensured that everyone in South Ronaldsay knew they were there within a very short time of their arrival . |
| 4 | The same problem of faith that sees God as too small shows up in the attitudes of those who approached Jesus for help . |
| 5 | In October 1853 Saunders proposed Stanford for fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society . |
| 6 | George Kiejman became Minister-Delegate attached to the Ministry of Justice , and Bruno Durieux , a member of the Centre of Social Democrats ( CDS ) , became Minister-Delegate for Health attached to the Ministry for Solidarity and Social Protection . |
| 7 | Therefore George prepared Lennie for heaven by describing their dream to Lennie for the last time . |
| 8 | Whatever the ins and outs , it was the abandonment of that third ad hoc meeting which prepared Heseltine for take-off . |
| 9 | As the man who first hired Penn for Vogue magazine and who encouraged him to create the colour still-life that launched his career as a photographer in 1943 , Liberman is also one who knows the artist and his work perhaps better than anyone . |
| 10 | As the man who first hired Penn for Vogue magazine and who encouraged him to create the colour still-life that launched his career as a photographer in 1943 , Liberman is also one who knows the artist and his work better than anyone . |
| 11 | The project began when Woodway School 's head of biology , , asked Courtaulds for help in designing a bio-reactor which would emulate industrial models but at low cost . |
| 12 | Hayling met Walsh for lunch and explained the newspaper project . |
| 13 | A leper begged Jesus for help : ‘ If only you will , ’ said the man , ‘ you can cleanse me . ’ |
| 14 | They begged Rytasha for reimbursement , but none was forthcoming , and for the want of a few hundred pounds the village lost its crop for the year . |
| 15 | They blamed Bucaram for Congress 's controversial impeachment on Oct. 2 of Juan Neira , the Public Works and Conmmunications Minister , who was replaced on Oct. 5 by Raúl Carrasco Zamora , and earlier of an agriculture minister Mario Jalil . |
| 16 | Clive Exon who adapted Poirot for television and also scripted the current play believes Christie 's work will survive for many years to come . |
| 17 | He was among those barons who petitioned Edward for reform in March 1310 , and in 1312 he was ordered to surrender Bristol Castle , probably the sign of a more open opposition . |
| 18 | Jennifer was thirty now , as fair as Rachel was dark , taking after their father , while Rachel favoured Valerie for colouring . |
| 19 | Major Richard and his men scoured France for transport . |
| 20 | In the light of the fresh revelations Roh ordered a full investigation of the issue , and on Jan. 21 the South Korean government formally petitioned Japan for compensation . |
| 21 | Pisa fought Genoa for control of Mediterranean trade , Florence fought Siena for control of the trade route to Rome , and in the Ten Years War ( 1118–1127 ) , Milan fought the city of Como for control of Lombardy . |
| 22 | I met Helmut for lunch at Fouquet 's . |
| 23 | I just asked Potter for leave . |
| 24 | Jagger 's only real success was Performance , Bowie gave a critically applauded performance in The Man Who Fell To Earth , Sting made Quadrophenia for Franc Roddam and then drifted into minor , unsuccessful films . |
| 25 | Minton , with teasing flattery , referred to his new friend , six years his junior , as his ‘ property consultant ’ , for he asked Goff for advice when he began thinking and talking about moving . |
| 26 | Newcomb fought a duel with Octavius Gilchrist , the editor of the News , sued Drakard for libel , interfered with his business tenancy and later bought Drakard 's house , which he pulled down to build his own pretentious Rock House . |
| 27 | Although the Scottish Office would not say how far supplies exceeded MACs for lead , at least 17 schemes were in progress to reduce lead in water that would not be completed until as late as 1992 . |
| 28 | He criticized Bevin for lack of imagination — surely an inverted compliment given its implication of positive contributions in the past . |
| 29 | THERE were fond farewells and plenty of tears yesterday when Russian exchange students left Harwich for home . |
| 30 | Maybe ever since he left Vera for Imogen — which was disastrous for him . |