Example sentences of "and [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out at sea flocks hovered and plunged for fish . |
| 2 | He felt like the boy 's father ; he loved and cared for Grégoire as if he were his son . |
| 3 | He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa . |
| 4 | Some time after this Mrs Meehan wrote to me that her husband was innocent , and asked for assistance in having his case reviewed . |
| 5 | The government has declared a state of emergency and asked for assistance from the US . |
| 6 | He picked up the phone again and asked for Agnes at the Mount Row number . |
| 7 | He fed mints to dray horses , said hello to a caged European eagle owl called Gonzo and let two barn owls fly on and off his arm as a smiling crowd clapped and asked for autographs . |
| 8 | They checked into the St Regis Hotel and when some people discovered who he was , they called at his hotel room and asked for autographs . |
| 9 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
| 10 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 11 | But I had informed the police and asked for help even before the doorbell rang . |
| 12 | A mother may set out some crayons and paper or plasticine while she gets on with the ironing but she should expect to be interrupted and asked for help . |
| 13 | Last year , in response to a request from South Africa 's Bishop of Kimberley , three Carmelite nuns in Germany , knowing Darlington 's links with South Africa , contacted the convent and asked for help . |
| 14 | Another letter from the middle school was about a visiting theatre group and asked for money as well as a tear-off slip . |
| 15 | The 14-year-old boy was walking the alsatian along a path between Park Avenue and Penparcau , Aberystwyth , Powys , when the attacker , who was aged about 20 , approached him and asked for money . |
| 16 | A slattern brought a small table for Athelstan to rest his writing tray on , and of course a jug of wine and two goblets , though Athelstan shook his head and asked for water . |
| 17 | But the following day she telephoned a local newspaper , the Sowetan , saying she feared for her life , and asked for protection . |
| 18 | In a rather embarrassed way he told Seddon that I was in his office , and asked for instructions . |
| 19 | In 1985 Cox 's paper was timely and asked for shifts in American Irish and British labour politics in a wholly correct way . |
| 20 | But without doubt the most contentious defector to reach the West was Anatoli Golitsin , who arrived at the office of the CIA 's station chief in Helsinki in Finland in December 1911 and asked for asylum for himself , his wife and daughter . |
| 21 | He was refused entry to Kuwait and asked for asylum in France.President Giscard d'Estaing asked the Shah his views and the Shah made one of the worst mistakes in his reign by agreeing the Khomeini should go to France , He assumed that the obstreperous priest would be les of a threat to him in distant , Christian France than in neighbouring , radical , Islamic country . |
| 22 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 23 | If we had wanted that we would have used medical questionnaires to evaluate physical and mental health , listed the facilities and defects in each house , and asked for income and expenditure budgets . |
| 24 | At the phone I rang the operator and asked for Addy 's number . |
| 25 | I explained that I was driving and asked for directions . |
| 26 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ The health authority was approached very quietly on behalf of the Princess of Wales and asked for details , ’ a senior source at the hospital told TODAY . |
| 28 | Just to say that erm we 're very keen to see that the Mid Sussex Council has come to the county and asked for guidance and I 'm very pleased also with the response that is er proposed back to them . |
| 29 | She had been lucky so far ; she had not yet been caught , not yet been dragged off to some shrink and asked for explanations . |
| 30 | The Earl of Warwick , one of the judges , protested and asked for time to produce charters and other evidence so that ‘ we might still enjoy with quietness the possessions of our ancestors which had bin oute of the Forrest for three hundred and thirty yeares ’ . |