Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is suggested that pupils choose a person whose Christian commitment has led him/her to work for the good of others , thus making a link with the Christian vocation to alleviate suffering and/or the work of Christians in relation to respect for human life ( both indicated in L.0.2 ) . |
| 2 | An old prairie wolf kept on howling — he 'd had nothing to eat for a week |
| 3 | It 's also ironic that the whole discussion could have taken place on radio , which would have enabled one to look for a dictionary or just take a walk round the room . |
| 4 | ‘ It is that hard , ’ he said ominously , and I thought of John Maggovertski 's sadness for a pretty girl who had whored herself to pay for the white powder . |
| 5 | Mrs Bracken 's varicose veins were playing her up and the doctor had told her to rest for a week . |
| 6 | From what her mother had told her the experience would be horrendous and she had cried herself to sleep for the past week thinking about it . |
| 7 | These last few months of building a new identity had enabled him to relax for the first time in years . |
| 8 | Father had , apparently , told her she was ‘ too stupid ’ to take a degree in maths , told her she could n't do a joint degree in physics and German because he could n't afford to pay for the year out , and had influenced her to apply for A university because that was where he had taken his degree . |
| 9 | ‘ And I 've asked you to cover for the last half-hour — that was selfish of me . ’ |
| 10 | Gambling on the dying man being able to comprehend , he had ordered him to go for the destruct button , while he himself had kept Grant occupied by an exchange of fire . |
| 11 | Ronnie Koeman captained the Dutch team for half the game after Johan Cruyff , the expatriate but hardly patriotic Dutchman who manages Barcelona , had ordered him to rest for a week . |