Example sentences of "and [vb past] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 5 | In a rather embarrassed way he told Seddon that I was in his office , and asked for instructions . |
| 6 | In 1985 Cox 's paper was timely and asked for shifts in American Irish and British labour politics in a wholly correct way . |
| 7 | I explained that I was driving and asked for directions . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | She had been lucky so far ; she had not yet been caught , not yet been dragged off to some shrink and asked for explanations . |
| 11 | The RAC removed 89 parts from the stack and asked for replacements from the spares stock . |
| 12 | ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch . |
| 13 | It was Don who made the effort ; he bought the local paper and looked at ads for houses ; he phoned estate agents and asked for lists of properties . |
| 14 | If the duty rate per degree of alcohol were raised for wines ( and beers ) and lowered for spirits , the standard rate for all alcoholic drinks , which would maintain the total tax take , would be much closer to the wine rate than the spirits rate . |
| 15 | And then they were put they were er put er in the fire wire brushed and all that and looked and inspected for cracks you see . |
| 16 | They pushed their way through the hall and up a stone-flagged passageway , past grated windows where poor debtors shook their begging bowls through the bars and whined for alms . |
| 17 | He strode to the door and shouted for clerks . |
| 18 | It was still early when they went in to Gamages and headed for Ladies ' Gowns . |
| 19 | More than 50 children rooted for rocks and ferreted for fossils on Saturday . |
| 20 | Goods are traded and swopped for items in demand or for services . |
| 21 | A new Gang of Four ( or five or six ) headed by Li Peng would be arrested and tried for crimes against the people . |
| 22 | Producing furniture that is to be used and enjoyed for decades requires a corresponding attention to detail . |
| 23 | They stayed in a pub , near Penmaen Pool , and walked for miles and miles each day . |
| 24 | Mainly , of course , he bought books and arranged for others to be copied , but whenever any of the magnates fell foul of him , he would confiscate his library . |
| 25 | He then collected their abandoned glasses and arranged for fingerprints , leading to the arrest of the youths for an armed robbery at the Trading Post newsagents and general dealers at Coulby Newham , Middlesbrough . |
| 26 | He was n't strong enough to get on to the par-5s in two for eagle chances , so he just chipped and putted for birdies . |
| 27 | And all this while , from behind her mourning veil , she had fixed her eyes on the inner door , and watched for revelations from within . |
| 28 | Mr Knight became the director of Wisley in 1955 and worked for Notcutts for 11 years . |
| 29 | The city at night intimidated me : the piss-heads , bums , derelicts and dealers shouted and looked for fights . |
| 30 | Leibniz took a different route and looked for clues to particularity within the monads themselves , but the only " criterion " he was able to produce was his " principle of indiscernibles " , and eventually he was forced to introduce the additional metaphysical postulate of " sufficient reason " in order to safeguard the existential uniqueness of his monads . |