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

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1 They set off from Wyre Mill to see for themselves the finishing touches being put to the weir nearby .
2 Barratt had been up to Tilberthwaite to see for himself the likely value of Knott 's sett on the Muncaster estate land there and he considered it to be a worthwhile proposition having seen , as he put it , " good bunches of ore under water " .
3 They also demanded that President Guillermo Endara Gallimany , 56 , make a personal visit to the old part of the city to see for himself the severe level of poverty the population was being forced to endure .
4 We await the Light of the World with this powerful symbol underlining for us the real nature of Advent : a time of expectation ‘ as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ ’ .
5 More than any other sound , more even than the grunting roar of a lion , their howling evokes for me the African night .
6 That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day .
7 In 1987 , when Tony Heginbottom revived the tradition at Cragg Vale Spa near Hebden Bridge , I was there to taste for myself the chalybeate water .
8 in the Court of Appeal , ‘ in view of the historic struggle of the legislature to secure for itself the sole power to levy money upon the subject , its complete success in that struggle , the elaborate means adopted by the representative House to control the amount , the conditions and the purpose of the levy , the circumstances would be remarkable indeed which would induce the court to believe that the legislature had sacrificed all the well-known checks and precautions , and , not in express words , but merely by implication , had entrusted a Minister of the Crown with undefined and unlimited powers of imposing charges upon the subject for purposes connected with his department . ’
9 Although writing here with a different purpose from our own — and exclusively from a psychodynamic perspective — Anthony nevertheless articulates for us the final theme that remains to be developed in this chapter , which concerns the formal similarities between the mechanisms of mad and creative thought .
10 By helping teachers understand classroom roles , it enables them to discover for themselves the best ways of fostering co-operative learning .
11 Modigliani declined as politely but suggested to Lunia that she should come to his studio and pose for him the following day .
12 He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself .
13 Be determined to define for yourself the exact meaning of words ( like " diplomacy " ) , especially when they are abstract ( like " influence " ) .
14 She made her way towards the small window table selected for her the previous evening , but before she could sit down Silas came to her side .
15 She was surprised by the extent of Sue 's gratitude , when she came looking for them the following evening .
16 His poem exemplifies for me the many wonders and the brilliant light of the transcendent ; and also the unity of our soul as it basks in the warmth of that light .
17 Sandy was going to the US and I asked if I could carry for him the next year , but everybody was asking so I did n't get very far .
18 Again , originally groups of ‘ adventurers ’ were recognized in trade with various lands — one trading with Prussia secured royal recognition in 1391 , another with the Netherlands in 1407 and a third with the Scandinavian lands in 1408 , but eventually the Netherlands group secured for itself the specific name of the Merchant Adventurers ' Company ( 64 , pp. 143–50 ) .
19 Leila closed her eyes , visualising for herself the pleasant warmth of Ari 's fantasy world .
20 His daughter fed him on tins of baby food , which again confirmed for me the sour joke of existence and the particular contemptibility of this old man .
21 New friendships , as much as politics and poetry , transformed for him the final years of school .
22 And the Rechem case comes to Scotland as the Judge sees for himself the former factory .
23 Who would like to have a go at describing for us the General Assembly of the United Nations ?
24 There was a car waiting , but because of the fog they abandoned the idea of driving down and went to the railway station , caught a train with minutes to spare , picked up the car that was waiting for them the other end , rang the studio from the car phone to let them know where they were , and ran into London Weekend Television .
25 His doctor constantly suggested to him the benefits of sun and sea air ( not that he needed any encouragement to visit the sea , since it still evoked for him the happiest memories ) , and in July they travelled , with Eliot 's sister who had come from America , to the Isle of Wight for two weeks .
26 The preferences of the state are at least as important as those of civil society in accounting for what the democratic state does and does not do ; the democratic state is not only frequently autonomous insofar as it regularly acts upon its preferences , but also markedly autonomous in doing so even when its preferences diverge from the demands of the most powerful groups in civil society ( Nordlinger , 1981 , p. 1 ) .
27 These caches usually consist of single prey species , and if the predator does not return for them the resulting bone assemblage should consist of more or less complete skeletons from one or a limited number of species .
28 Should you decide to come here , I feel sure that you will discover for yourself the vibrant nature of the place .
29 Herman Schrijver had Lesley Blanche [ best known for her The Wilder Shores of Love ] and Ivy and me to lunch , and most amusing it was .
30 It did not have for him the magnetic feel of the two letters which were folded into his pocket , but it represented the tease of curiosity .
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