Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was there a secret reason that made them hanker for a new life in a new world ? |
| 2 | Swindle was too crude , for if the plan worked , no one would lose a penny ; all that would have happened was that a few banks would inadvertently have lent them money for an undefined period . |
| 3 | But why not give him credit for a simple human weakness ; the attraction of eating a good dinner which he has n't had to cook ? ’ |
| 4 | Give me credit for a little intelligence at least . |
| 5 | In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all . |
| 6 | Everyone feels healthier there , and so many visitors love the freshness of the high altitude , giving them appetite for the local gratin dishes , the carp and pike , the best butter in the world , light white wines like the Seyssel of Savoy — and of course the famous liqueur , Chartreuse . |
| 7 | I poke a sacrificial pawn at Sergei 's knight and he falls for it , giving me space for an early castle . |
| 8 | They echo the theme set in last year 's CBI Business Agenda for the 1990s with the emphasis on controlling inflation , public spending , strengthening the Department of Trade & Industry and giving it responsibility for the National Economic Development Council and opposing a national minimum wage . |
| 9 | he was a development manager , I 've been giving 'em earache for the last year and a half , saying , you are falling behind man . |
| 10 | The king would n't allow them time for a full consultation . |
| 11 | No satisfactory answer to this problem was forthcoming meantime , but at least the situation gave them time for the main Scots foot army to come up . |
| 12 | Lord Acton gave it expression for the first time in 1887 , in a letter which Tolkien might have been interested enough to read — it is in a strongly anti-Papal context . |
| 13 | Eagle Star launched it strategy for the older market last April , with a range of special policies sold by a mature salesforce . |
| 14 | It had given us stability for the past forty years . |
| 15 | So we close it down , to make it way for a new hundred bedded day hospital , which 'll be not private , guaranteed , no way will it be private . |