Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 Towns like Gwelo , Que Que and Bulawayo are preparing to receive them for MRA weeks and other functions to speak to the leaders and people .
2 ‘ Naturally we 're hoping that you 'll continue to use your skills on the front line , so to speak , but the advertising department are hoping to use you for a bit of company PR .
3 Although the Harter Act compromise was seemingly counterintuitive ( how could the carrier be allowed to exempt itself for its own mistakes of navigation and management ) , it became one of the most internationally influential laws ever enacted by the United States Congress .
4 Welcome back : Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate and urgent action is needed to protect it for future generations .
5 But the Haig Avenue boss is refusing to take anything for granted as he lines up his first game as a manager in the first round proper .
6 And no nasty dream was going to spoil it for her .
7 Like PEPS everywhere , this was slow to catch on , especially as dealers were forced to sell it for days at a time without getting paid commission for it , so most did n't bother .
8 Xishe 's wife is allowed to see him for 45 minutes twice a year .
9 Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him .
10 Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump .
11 An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss .
12 ‘ If your mother was half as beautiful as you , and perhaps half as persuasive , I can understand how your father was tempted to abandon everything for her pleasure , ’ he said throatily .
13 That crucial time in a child 's life when he has the ability to understand that his parents and teachers are trying to prepare him for his adult life , will not necessarily be related to his age .
14 Is n't this an indication that the government is trying to do something for training in this country ?
15 The judgment effectively absolved it of criminal and civil liability for causing approximately 3,500 deaths and injuries to thousands , and the final settlement was only a percentage of the orginial sum of $3.5 billion that the government was going to sue them for .
16 It explains , I think rather vividly , why the Library overspent last year , because we have no idea in advance what the publishers are going to charge us for journals .
17 As a beginner at Level 1 every effort is made to prepare you for your first experience on the board .
18 Slinkton is planning to murder her for the insurance money , and Sampson contrives to warn her of her danger during an interview on the sands .
19 ‘ What was he doing there , anyway ? ’ 'Raoul was trying to tap him for money . ’
20 The compensatory award is intended to reimburse you for financial loss resulting from the unfair dismissal .
21 The responsibility was going to haunt him for years to come .
22 The story I 've got is that he was forced out because Ron Barron was threatening to prosecute him for fraud . ’
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