Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman asked the receptionist for Garry 's room number and Claudia saw the girl 's polite manner deepen to one of appreciation of the man in front of her . |
| 2 | Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin launched his first airship in 1900 , and so began the age of the hydrogen-filled craft in which Germany led the world for two decades . |
| 3 | Four fire engines two from Granagetown and two from Middlesbrough fought the flames for an hour before the blaze was under control . |
| 4 | Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years before Mrs Aquino was swept to office on a wave of ‘ people power ’ in 1986 . |
| 5 | Angus Blair laid the foundations for victory against the Welshmen with a 25-11 win over Len Webley , Robert Provan beat Dai Wilkins 25-12 , captain Robert McCulloch counted eight shots over the last six ends for a 22-14 win over John Price , and Alex Marshall edged out Spencer Wilshire 16-11 . |
| 6 | On the date of the Appin murder , Glenure was due to evict eleven Stewart families from Ardshiel , against which James Stewart led the fight for legal redress . |
| 7 | At Norwich , where the local authorities had assessed no one at more than £100 , the Duke of Norfolk asked the King for a letter , ‘ commanding me … to speak roundly to all such as do not honestly … make their said certificates ’ . |
| 8 | It took Everton only 15 minutes to get their noses in front when Mark Ward made the opening for Matt Jackson to burst between two defenders and pull the ball back for Cottee to steer it wide of the helpless Mark Crossley . |
| 9 | The considerable success of these young , enthusiastic and high quality tutors in Norfolk laid the foundation for the District 's future activity in the county which , when Jacques was appointed in 1935 had only one class , a Tutorial in Norwich . |
| 10 | ‘ Heinrich got the champagne for me already , ’ Alfred pointed out tactlessly . |
| 11 | In setting a precedent , the BWG created the opportunity for others to make their demands and needs widely known from an organized base . |
| 12 | Nicholson teamed up with his friend and former flatmate Don Devlin to write the script for a film called Thunder Island , a thriller which was to be shot with a tiny budget on a Caribbean island . |
| 13 | In a well-known passage , Alcuin laments the blood shed by Offa to secure the kingdom for Ecgfrith as the kingdom 's ruination . |
| 14 | When Elt , after a string of famous mistresses , including the doctor Joan Malleson , settled down with Jean Ashman , Minton designed the invitation for a party they gave and painted a dado to ornament the room . |
| 15 | Actually I 'll be operating between the village hall and the Cross Keys and Mr Roger has the pub for the last sixteen years or so . |
| 16 | The government defended this charge by arguing that some LEAs manipulated the curriculum for ideological purposes rather than solely seeking to accommodate electors ' wishes and meet children 's needs . |
| 17 | While the team lurked around the set in Malaga , Verity Lambert , whose company Cinema Verity produces the show for the BBC , flew back to London for what proved to be the fatal meeting with Mr Yentob last night . |
| 18 | The ECRS argued the case for official recognition before the appropriate committee of the European Parliament at Strasbourg on the 23rd September 1987 , when John Young as spokesman submitted to the committee a draft regulation for consideration by the European Parliament . |
| 19 | Hugh Capet paved the way for his son and namesake to be crowned king of France at Reims in 987 . |
| 20 | Charleston Farmhouse , former home of the Bloomsbury artists and writers , saw the emergence of new forms of art from the wreckage of Edwardian society , and through Maynard Keynes laid the foundation for arts subsidy today . |
| 21 | Botha laid the blame for South Africa 's defeat on a Northern Transvaal mafia which dominated the tour party . |
| 22 | The specimen bored straight into a weed bed and Pike Anglers ' Club member Andy fought the fish for 15 minutes before beating it with size 8 trebles to 11 lb line . |
| 23 | Keynes divided the demand for money into three types : ( a ) the transactions demand , which is the demand by firms and households for holdings of money to finance day-to-day transactions ; ( b ) precautionary demand , which arises out of uncertainty and the desire not to be caught short of ready cash ; and ( c ) the speculative demand , which is the demand for money as a financial asset and therefore part of a wealth portfolio . |
| 24 | As head of the first Indian mission in Europe , Pillai laid the groundwork for the development of the Indian Foreign Service . |
| 25 | More convincing is the argument that Kahn lacked the genius for self-promotion of other great architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson . |
| 26 | The Surrey office at Kingston-on-Thames has the records for the Royal Philanthropic Society 's School for the reform of juveniles , from 1788 onwards . |
| 27 | Mr Bush sent a private cable to Mr Gorbachev explaining the reasons for the US military intervention just after the operation began , the Secretary of State , Mr James Baker , said . |
| 28 | For now , however , we have ‘ Assassin ’ , a storming all-new single which almost features Bobby Gillespie returning the favour for an awesome Orb production job on ‘ Higher Than The Sun ’ . |
| 29 | In 1959 Hubel and Wiesel demonstrated the reason for their failure . |
| 30 | Only just over half of this had been collected when in November 1296 Edward approached the clergy for yet more help : on this occasion Winchelsey took a very different line . |