Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] to [pron] for the " in BNC.
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1 | I got back to Ingard House a bit after four o'clock , and went up to rooms 207–8 , the offices allotted to us for the purposes of our audit . |
2 | Polisario announced that its forces had begun to relocate in the assembly areas allocated to them for the period of the ceasefire . |
3 | To lose him would be worse than losing himself : it would be losing the only chance left to him for the life he had always and violently lusted after . |
4 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
5 | An essential part of all eel tanks is sliding glass covers , so these were duly closed and the eels left to themselves for the night while I hoped that they were strong enough to survive the constant stress that they had endured over the past thirty-six hours . |