Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , thought she , it would be right to take the children , which I did — thus proving , not for the first the last time , I 'd be wasting my time applying for the Mensa test . |
| 2 | The Princess found herself pigeon holed for a long time as a result of those early associations , but they were nevertheless a useful apprenticeship . |
| 3 | Manville poked a ten-dollar bill through the driver 's window as he alighted , keeping his palm extended for the full change . |
| 4 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 5 | His fingers scraping , Nicholas let his mind dwell for a moment on fuses . |
| 6 | You can use GET and GET$ whenever you want your program to wait for a reply before continuing . |
| 7 | Mrs Kinnock , 47 , last month announced her intention to stand for the 1994 European Parliament elections in the South East Wales constituency . |
| 8 | Now he thought he knew the sort of case he had to deal with , and what he had read had pointed which way to look for the killer . |
| 9 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 10 | She hated John , and when Herod rashly promised Herodias ' daughter anything she wanted , Herodias made her daughter ask for the head of John the Baptist . |
| 11 | For example , the Oracle might say , ‘ I could see in the stars that the Feast would take in the foolish , I told my master to prepare for a great revenge ’ , and then have the Oracle tell the adventurers the story of the Poison Feast from the Drachenfels novel in full , if the players have n't read that book . |
| 12 | You 've made my life complete for the first time since your mother died . ’ |
| 13 | A BLIND baby 's parents plan to sell their house to pay for a £15,000 operation in the US to restore his sight . |
| 14 | According to Marx 's theory the many different units were willing to unite and contribute their labour to work for the despot because this appeared , not as working for him , but as working for ‘ the higher unity ’ , which , they wrongly believed , was the source of their continued existence . |
| 15 | John Angus Macrae , a fireman at Stornoway Airport , told his wife to telephone for the fire brigade and he went to offer assistance . |
| 16 | I had had my head shaved for the sake of hygiene the day before I left England . |
| 17 | Have n't had my hand kissed for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | People staying in Les Menuires are spoilt for choice when deciding which direction to take for the day 's skiing . |
| 19 | New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has agreed to coach Italy 's national cricket team for the next two months to help their bid to qualify for the next World Cup in 1996 . |
| 20 | She allowed her mind to dwell for a minute on her old schoolfellow in the role of husband . |
| 21 | Welcome back : One of England 's longest established families is selling its silverware to pay for the upkeep of its country home . |
| 22 | The General , scenting victor , turned his horse to search for the infantry Colonel who had refused to attack the bridge and whose military career was therefore finished . |
| 23 | On May 8 Martin Shikuku , interim secretary-general of the party , declared his intention to stand for the presidency . |
| 24 | One of the members [ almost certainly Francis Maginn ] intended to urge the adoption of the word " deaf " only at the Congress , but seeing that it would only cause much loss of time to no purpose he allowed his motion to drop for the present . |
| 25 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 26 | This cloak was the principal relic of the west Frankish kings of Neustria , and wherever the Neustrian kings were , it went with them to adorn whatever building became for the time being the royal chapel . |
| 27 | The two meetings on which I have reported to the House have shown our determination to work for a safer world and a new partnership with Russia in the cause of peace . |
| 28 | Paying Your Way made for a comfortable life , with plenty of unsolicited adventure on the way . |
| 29 | Business men find it especially odd that the Labour party intends to introduce a minimum wage with one hand while with the other hand it would remove our tax cuts for the lowest paid . |
| 30 | Craned my neck to look for a way up to the high high bridge , saw a rocky overgrown path over the other side of the road . |