Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 3 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
| 4 | The ‘ fine boy ’ with the grim destiny is Thomas Fox , a boy of fifteen whose father , a small farmer , has entrusted him for the first time with a flock of sheep for Portsmouth market . |
| 5 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 6 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
| 7 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |
| 8 | It was lovely that you came , ’ and she took his hand and raised her mouth eagerly to his as he bent to kiss her for the first time . |
| 9 | He had resolved to keep it for the whole year , egged on by his father , who had promised him a new bicycle if he succeeded . |
| 10 | I feel so comfortable with your mother and the whole time here has changed me for the better . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Dear Fatal , ’ writes Philip Saunders from North Devon , ‘ I 'm writing to thank you for the excellent screen wipes . |
| 12 | Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up . |
| 13 | She 'd spotted him for the first time three weekends ago when she 'd walked out on to the nightclub stage to perform her warm-up spot for the star turn of the evening . |
| 14 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 15 | ‘ We really appreciate your responsibility and concern and would like to thank you for the clear and reasonable explanation given . ’ |
| 16 | The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk . |
| 17 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 18 | Wo would you like to try it for the next year , or few meetings ? |
| 19 | Perhaps they would like to choose it for the next one . |
| 20 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 21 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 22 | And their Aussie coach Peter Walsh intends to repay them for the huge gamble they took when giving him the job last summer . |
| 23 | Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump . |
| 24 | Nothing in the three villagers ' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes . |
| 25 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 26 | ( Some would have already recovered the development value of the land by selling at a high price ; others may never have wished to develop their land , and , indeed , might even have bought it for the express purpose of preventing its development . ) |
| 27 | According to Constanze , he received the news with painful resignation , saying that the situation would have enabled him for the first time to have sufficient leisure to write what he wanted , and to justify his growing reputation ; but instead only death awaited him . |
| 28 | It is not envisaged that we would have to use them for the offshore industry , but the provisions provide a safety net . |
| 29 | But I used it as little as I could , though if the wind stayed in the south-west I thought I 'd probably have to use it for the later part of today 's outing . |
| 30 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |