Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb -s] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mortimer had assigned everyone positions for the operation — Ace , Benny and Petion to remain with him — he checked his watch . |
| 2 | Will the Minister assure the House that , whatever privatisation plans he has for the trust ports , there will be no recognition of those people who seem to have an interest in cashing in on the endeavours for their own ends ? |
| 3 | To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has for the future of the May day bank holiday . |
| 4 | And as Mark Paul , 20 , was led sobbing to the cells , his victim 's mother said bitterly : ‘ I hope he weeps for the rest of his life . ’ |
| 5 | Day 30 Paid himself wages for the month of £320 calculated on the basis of £80 per week for a 40 hr week . |
| 6 | But there was an , it 's it 's like Sylvie was telling me that , you know who works for the mortgage she was saying , it was erm for an incident there was a house , you know The Grove , those great big Victorian houses ? |
| 7 | LIQUIDITY AND HOW TO MANAGE IT Tips for the treasurer charged with managing the group 's short-term cleared cash balance |
| 8 | As 12-ounce cans of vegetables bounce off the side of my car , one of them smashing my rearview mirror and another sailing with surprising accuracy through my open car window and striking me on the shoulder , I decide to call it quits for the night and return in daylight . |
| 9 | I take the view that , having regard to the recitals and to the terms of the order , one can read into the order itself the element of compromise , but again I do not think it is important for the decision of this case ; because the compromise , if compromise it was , was between the plaintiffs and Jack Bernardout , and I do not think it enures for the benefit of Joseph Bernardout , the defendant in these proceedings . |
| 10 | The poet can not lose ; whatever claims he makes for the momentousness of his subjectmatter are vindicated simply by the way those claims are made . |
| 11 | Now , you 've got to get down to the real nitty gritty : how will the stage look , what about the sound system , who presses what buttons for the audio-visuals and when … ? |