Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The popularity of Taylor 's devotional books , his sufferings for the Church , his piety , engaging manner , and contacts in influential Royalist circles might have been expected to qualify him for high preferment in the restored Church in 1660 . |
| 2 | When you open the file , a file handle ( an integer number ) is returned by the interpreter and you will need to store it for future use . |
| 3 | Then slowly her sense of humour began to reassert itself and she was able to laugh , remembering the look of amazement on his handsome , hawklike face when she 'd threatened to report him for sexual harassment . |
| 4 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 5 | Betty 's other criticism of the scheme is that she has been told to use it for individualised learning and she does not believe that the children learn properly this way . |
| 6 | Two days later , Clare 's mind was unexpectedly diverted from her personal problems — no job , no man — when the CND office telephoned to ask her for voluntary evening help : they were organizing another protest after a nuclear accident . |
| 7 | The geography of Boiotia might to a shallow observer seem to suit her for naval hegemony . |
| 8 | Charles decided to play it for light comedy . |
| 9 | Certainly , this was the way he needed to present it for domestic consumption , for this new alliance and the concession of territory for military use by a foreign power scarcely seemed consistent with the many hours and column inches he had devoted to demonizing the western democracies and to denouncing the British " occupation " of Gibraltar . |
| 10 | The compensatory award is intended to reimburse you for financial loss resulting from the unfair dismissal . |
| 11 | They could purchase land from owners who refused to sell for development or from builders who wished to retain it for future development . |