Example sentences of "[verb] to [pers pn] for [art] [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 | It never occurred to me for a moment that she had planned it all in cold blood . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ She must stand half an hour longer on that chair , and nobody may speak to her for the rest of the day . ’ |
| 10 | May I speak to you for a moment ? ’ he asked in a lower tone . |
| 11 | And she said well I 'm not gon na speak to you for the rest of the week then . |
| 12 | Now calm down , and listen to me for a minute . |
| 13 | ‘ No , Nicolo , you listen to me for a change . |
| 14 | Listen to me for a moment . ’ |
| 15 | " Senga , listen to me for a moment . |
| 16 | ‘ Madam , listen to me for a moment . |
| 17 | It 's only lent to me for a week |
| 18 | Let's just tell you what you look like , you came to me for a job you would n't get it . |
| 19 | Some people came to us for a week , some for a month and a few wanted to be taught the essentials of the job in two or three days . |
| 20 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 21 | But if you 're looking to me for a list of who really makes which strings , I 've found that asking straight questions does n't always get you straight answers . |
| 22 | However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I would like to talk to you for a minute or two . ‘ |
| 26 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It did not occur to her for a moment that she might not be right . |
| 29 | In the same way , therefore , as they had turned to primitives for finding the opposite of capitalist relations of production , they turned to them for a form of family which was the opposite of the capitalist family . |
| 30 | 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 . |