Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane had come to us for the time being . |
| 2 | And Jesus does n't just chat to us for the sake of chatting to us , he , when he speaks to us his words have authority , they have input , they are vital and we must pay attention to them . |
| 3 | Both bodies publish application forms recommended for use when applying to them for the appointment of experts or arbitrators : copies of the forms are reproduced in Appendices G and H. The Law Society has also published its requested procedure : see [ 1986 ] Law Society 's Gazette 2542 , reprinted in Appendix B. It is important that applicants follow the procedure of applying on prescribed forms . |
| 4 | Er today we 're going to look at this Policy E two , the op open countryside , and there are presented to you for the discussion three matters . |
| 5 | I did n't speak to her for the rest of the day , of course , and this made her laugh , I do n't know why . |
| 6 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 7 | And she said well I 'm not gon na speak to you for the rest of the week then . |
| 8 | With a Raleigh-esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red-faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . |
| 9 | Then she said she felt happy enough to skip the Ecstasy experiment and , instead , to have an early night , so I refused to talk to her for the rest of the meal — rightly , I think — and on the way home I walked stiffly three yards ahead of her . |
| 10 | When parents relate to their children as if they were partners and look to them for the support and even sexual comfort that should come from other adults , the boundary surrounding and protecting childhood is broken . |
| 11 | I said cos I shall phone the bank first thing Monday and I shall say right , he 's took the car so you can run to him for the money cos you 'll be getting none out of me . |
| 12 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 13 | This was the start of the parrot legend which stuck to me for the rest of my career . |
| 14 | Labour candidate Frank Cook told Mr Fowler to recognise the difficulties of thousands of pensioners and families in the constituency living below the poverty line , and to apologise to them for the agony 13 years of Tory rule has caused them . |
| 15 | Coming to the end of his account , he remembered the fate of the mason-overseer , Khaemhet , held responsible for the security of the prisoners deputed to him for the journey from the granite quarries to the Southern Capital . |
| 16 | Polisario announced that its forces had begun to relocate in the assembly areas allocated to them for the period of the ceasefire . |
| 17 | For him it held a special appeal ; the one day of the week he could break bread with his family and not have to feel that they were only loaned to him for the while — his son Joshua had no business to go to , his grandson Jacob no college lectures . |
| 18 | WE are going to stop apologising to ourselves for the fact that it takes money to run this organisation . |
| 19 | Douglas was glad to acknowledge Miller 's help and told the Royal Society that he had received some coconuts ‘ germinated in this country by the industrious Mr. Miller , by whose care and skill they were brought to this perfection ; and besides he very freely communicated to me for the good of the publick his own methods in management in raising them which I here desire may be read in his words . ’ |
| 20 | All that mattered to him for the moment was the feel of the bedsheets angling Golden Girl northward . |
| 21 | We kept to ourselves for the rest of the day , taking food from the buttery and retiring early for we were both still exhausted after our journey from England . |
| 22 | Nobody 's gon na come to us for the lease of erm William the fourth or anything like this ! |
| 23 | A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution . |
| 24 | ‘ A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you . |
| 28 | We kissed goodnight , and I again apologised to her for the fright she had . |
| 29 | Seeing that my daughter Anna has not availed herself of my advice touching the objectionable practice of going about with her arms bare to the elbows , my will is that , should she continue after my death this violation of the modesty of her sex , all goods , chattels , moneys , land , and other that I have devised to her for the maintenance of her future life shall pass to the oldest of the sons of my sister Caroline . |
| 30 | We pray to you for the life which is hid in You , |