Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Question : Which piece of equipment works for you for 365 days a year , 24 hours a day , saves you money , protects your reputation , helps you comply with the law , and is expected to function without complaint for up to 10 years ? |
| 2 | A heavy air of preoccupation hung over him for days after his return , and I recall once , in reply to my inquiring how he had enjoyed his trip , his remarking : ‘ Disturbing , Stevens . |
| 3 | Almost any ruler other than Haile Selassie would have confirmed the sentence of death passed on him for treason by the high court , but the Emperor was content to fine him heavily and imprison him . |
| 4 | Even now he had learnt that Pete Foster , the man being investigated for murder and fraud in the Docks , a hard man , was terrified of his old mother and had kept his successful career in crime hidden from her for sixteen years . |
| 5 | Things from childhood live with us for the rest of our lives . |
| 6 | I bought myself a mug of tea at the counter in order to pay for something for a change , then I sat and waited for Kathleen . |
| 7 | Oh , indeed so , erm our domestic life is extraordinarily complicated but when , after my maternity leave expired and when I 'd finished having time off and breast feeding the baby , he in fact looked after her for a term in Cambridge and I came back to Sussex and taught during the week and went back to my daughter and husband at weekends , and now he 's actually taking leave in his turn , if you like , so that he can be the back-up here while I teach and do my work this year . |
| 8 | After 1980 it was possible for charities to reclaim tax paid on money covenanted to them for four years or more , not just at the standard rate of tax , but at the higher rate if individuals paid tax at the higher rate . |