Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to enrolment at the start of their first year , the University will send to all EC students forms to enable them to apply for a mandatory award . |
| 2 | 1985 ) expectation of seeing appropriate training and support being available to all teachers to enable them to cater for the linguistic needs of pupils in a linguistically diverse Britain ( para. 2.17 ) still needs serious consideration . |
| 3 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 4 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
| 5 | We want them improved for the coming year and certainly by the first year of the council tax . |
| 6 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |
| 7 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 8 | Maxim found himself reaching for the non-existent seatbelt . |
| 9 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 10 | By night we suggest you head for the old quarter of Sachsenhausen which is packed with delightful pubs and restaurants . |
| 11 | So maybe I could tempt you to settle for a mere lifetime with me , Caroline ? ’ |
| 12 | Erm and he is definitely booked you know for the high court and all of that , he 's |
| 13 | She asks him to recognize his father 's wisdom in trying to encourage him to work for a steady position and shares his anxiety about delays with Blackwoods , over the publication of The Woodland Life . |
| 14 | The ‘ plot ’ has him searching for the lost chord , which is about as banal as you can get , but the contributors look interesting George Harrison , Charlie Rich , Betty Wright , John Sebastian , Rufus Thomas and Billy Swan are among them . |
| 15 | It was an impressive narrative , and impressively narrated ; Clara found her craving for the bizarre and the involved richly satisfied . |
| 16 | Home po 2 monitoring was undertaken in 134 patients ; in the 120 patients who have discontinued it lasted for a median duration of 5.5 months ( range 0.3–17.5 ) . |
| 17 | Indicating the calf , he said , ‘ We 're hoping to keep this one for breeding , so we 've let it suckle for the normal period . |
| 18 | Support was evident from small business people whose firms were bankrupt , housewives who found themselves queuing for the basic necessities and civil servants and skilled workers whose salaries had fallen in real terms as a result of the inflation . |
| 19 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 20 | I found myself listening for the distinct crack , then gazing up at the clear starry sky trying to follow the flight of the shell . |
| 21 | All very contemporary , but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement . |
| 22 | ‘ So I found myself heading for the Far East in the Service Corps . ’ |
| 23 | Has anything changed for the single mothers of the eighties ? |
| 24 | This is the best I 've seen them play for a long time Leicester |
| 25 | and er , she said my eyes really sparkled she said first time I 've seen them sparkle for a long while so I was right chuffed about that . |
| 26 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 27 | Despite the adoption of a global data-structure , an essentially hierarchical flow of information is imposed which allows for a weak interaction between the knowledge sources . |
| 28 | For much of the time , he is the achiever who tries for a reasonable percentage return . |
| 29 | ‘ It is that hard , ’ he said ominously , and I thought of John Maggovertski 's sadness for a pretty girl who had whored herself to pay for the white powder . |
| 30 | Harry signed for Palace after Manager Edmund Goodman had seen him play for the amateur side , Kingstonian , in a Surrey Charity Shield Final at The Nest early in the summer of 1921 , when Palace had just won promotion to Division 2 . |