Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 subjects failed to attend for assessment at 4 weeks although they remained in the study . |
| 2 | The Oxford Regional Health Authority introduced ‘ the 80/20 rule , ’ under which fundholders agreed to contract for 80% of their hospital services budget in the first year to go to the same hospitals as in the preparatory year , leaving them free to move the remaining 20% if they so wished . |
| 3 | A police search is under way for a businessman accused of attempting to export a military camera to the Soviet Union after he failed to appear for committal proceedings at Rugby Magistrates Court . |
| 4 | The £172,000 prop failed to appear for Leeds on Sunday , and yesterday confirmed his disenchantment at Headingley by asking for a move . |
| 5 | It sought to provide for workers ' retirement by broad , diversified investment in the American economy , that is , in equities . |
| 6 | But this is misleading in the sense that much of this expenditure did generate purchasing power in recipient countries , which led to demand for dollar goods , demand which was not effectively curtailed by the exchange controls . |
| 7 | A small hospital built of wood and bamboo and thatched with palm leaves , with one ward for about ten beds , a labour room and a room for Avice , was built , and six village girls agreed to come for training . |
| 8 | In 1990 he moved to work for Wimpey Minerals in the US as chief financial officer . |
| 9 | He next moved to work for Courage and then on to Kerridges , where he was employed in the accounts department . |
| 10 | By the urbanity of his almost patrician deportment , Coleman tended greatly to raise the standard of the profession in public esteem , and he powerfully contributed to obtain for veterinarians the grade of commissioned officers in the army . |
| 11 | The leader of the opposition National Democratic Party of Georgia ( NDPG ) , Georgi Chanturia , was arrested at Tbilisi airport as he tried to leave for Moscow on Sept. 16 , together with his wife Irina Sarishvili and another NDPG leader Vakhtang Talakhadze ( who was released the following day ) . |
| 12 | He tried to run for help straight after the crash but then he saw Jason on the road and collapsed with the shock . |
| 13 | He tried to shout for help , but was too weak to raise even the feeblest of cries . |
| 14 | Charsky tried to call for help , but his voice was frail ; then , to his amazement , he heard a strong voice from somewhere to his left shout : ‘ We 're on our way down ! |
| 15 | Designers of training materials intended for national or area use tried to allow for board members who would differ in experience and working diverse contexts . |
| 16 | Taken together , they produce not a free market but one regulated to allow for freedom ! |
| 17 | From there the Sejm moved to call for independence , appealing directly to the All-Russian Congress of Soviets . |
| 18 | The legacy also helped to pay for Sánchez Cotán 's ‘ Still Life with game , fruit and vegetables ’ , painted in 1602 . |
| 19 | A SUPERMARKET assistant recognised a man who tried to pay for goods with a stolen credit card — because she 'd seen him as a strippergram . |
| 20 | She closed her eyes and tried to pray for Maggie , but did n't know where to start . |
| 21 | The next day he tried to beg for money , but large signs in some villages warned him that anyone caught begging would be sent to prison . |
| 22 | These include a display cabinet , expected to sell for $200–300,000 ( £110–170,000 ) , and a bed , estimated at $100–150,000 ( £55–85,000 ) . |
| 23 | Pieces from other vendors include Louis XV marquetry bureau of small dimensions by Bernard II Van Risenburgh , estimated at £70–90,000 ( $125–160,000 ) , and a mid-eighteenth-century pair of Venetian painted arte povera centre tables , expected to sell for £60–80,000 ( $100–140,000 ) . |
| 24 | 43 children told to claim for Pindown |
| 25 | It was not until the following summer that Cadwallon surprised Osric 's forces and slew the Deiran leader , thereafter ravaging widely across Anglian territory and slaying Eanfrith when he came to sue for peace ( HE 111 , 1 ) . |
| 26 | Mrs Langley seemed to grope for words . |
| 27 | Alexei seemed to search for words and Rostov waited to see what he would say next . |
| 28 | But they seemed to work for researchers whose single-minded concern was to delineate the biochemistry , neurophysiology and cell biology of learning and memory . |
| 29 | ‘ In October 1983 , I came to work for Cambridgeshire County Council as an Assistant Solicitor . |
| 30 | When Rosemary first came to work for Cambridgeshire , she was principally involved in preparing and arguing child care cases and occasionally with points of education and highway law . |