Example sentences of "[verb] to [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century . |
| 2 | First-class writers can defy this rule-of-thumb , but anyone else doing so risks alienating readers who have come to them for a particular sort of entertainment . |
| 3 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 4 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 5 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 6 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 7 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 8 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 9 | Neither was she too happy about the epithet ‘ min skat ’ , which he 'd applied to her for the second time that day . |
| 10 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 11 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
| 12 | Just to talk to him for a few minutes … |
| 13 | And then he looked in her direction , smiled and waved over the woman 's shoulder , continued to talk to her for a few moments , then laid a hand on her arm for an instant and moved towards Helen . |
| 14 | But please , I just want to talk to you for a little while . |
| 15 | I wanted to talk to you for the whole journey , but I could n't let you know that , so I just sat there thinking , I 've got to touch her … |
| 16 | THE Labour Party 's land policy paper , Planning a New Agenda , has been called partially flawed by Christopher Jonas replying to it for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors . |
| 17 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 18 | At this point some other people arrived to catch the train and his attention turned to them for a split second and within that time the sound of the scrunching footsteps disappeared into the night . |
| 19 | He applied for a grant of land and this was sold to him for a nominal sum . |
| 20 | Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge . |
| 21 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 22 | Émile Chaillot told me that he had telephoned the writer and spoken to him for a good seven minutes about what was going on in the music world . |
| 23 | It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need . |
| 24 | Sheila talks to her mother about the situation and her mother says the social workers are quite right ; Sheila was heavy-handed with the children and has had this coming to her for a long time . |
| 25 | You will also find a splendid array of fine performers who are coming to us for the first time — many surely due to be favourites of the future . |
| 26 | Waggoner eventually concluded that the only way to see a whole tournament is to go to it for the entire week . |
| 27 | On those grounds , the court in reply to the questions referred to it for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales , Queen 's Bench Division , by order of 10 March 1989 , hereby rules : |
| 28 | I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’ |
| 29 | Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time . |
| 30 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |