Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 And MacLane wanted to wallpaper me for the job .
2 She had not merely been a housekeeper but her qualities of efficiency , cheerfulness and gastronomic expertise seemed to fit her for the task of looking after this unusual pair .
3 And their Aussie coach Peter Walsh intends to repay them for the huge gamble they took when giving him the job last summer .
4 An important element of any compensation payment is the damages intended to compensate you for the injury itself , and the effect it has on you and your lifestyle , both today and in the future .
5 ‘ Well , Dacre came to find me for the purpose of asking my permission to address you , ’ said Kirtlington .
6 The policewoman decided to believe her for the moment .
7 Rocky may get his chance if England midfielder David Batty fails to make it for the Boro game .
8 Mills ( 1980 ) argues that both initial and in-service teacher education fails to prepare them for the task .
9 If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter .
10 ‘ We saved up the £360 needed to register ourselves for the scheme and it took off from there .
11 In India in February , when Charles attempted to kiss her for the first time in public in four years , Diana defiantly turned away in a clear move to embarrass her husband .
12 Marco has been brought up by his rather in a way designed to fit him for the future .
13 It may be that he was one of the many unlearned priests forced to absent themselves for the sake of their own education , but his going to Chester seems to suggest rather that he was both able and ambitious in the new province .
14 Meanwhile , in Orange , it was time for Christmas , and the section started to organise itself for the festivities .
15 Material , otherwise privileged , would be excluded from protection only in what , it is to be hoped , is the very rare case of the crooked solicitor who holds the material intending to use it for the furtherance of a personal criminal purpose .
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