Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [to-vb] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most valuable resolve anyone who has decided to care for an elderly relative can make is to give her all the love and loyalty you can but without becoming a martyr in the process , for martyrdom in such circumstances often breeds repressed resentment , which eventually boils over into words and actions that are later bitterly regretted . |
| 2 | If it is said of a barrister that he has refused to appear for an unsavoury criminal , the ordinary reader may applaud , but his professional reputation is lowered amongst colleagues who understand the story to mean that he has betrayed his ethical duty to appear for all who seek his services . |
| 3 | Admittedly you often do have to search for an underlying structure in Berlioz 's work . |
| 4 | Sadly I have n't got time to play right now , I 've got to split for an urgent dinner date . |
| 5 | He 's got to apply for an extended licence so we can stay open an extra hour on August Bank Holiday , that 's all . |