Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alternatively there are several chemical additives on the market which aim to provide a substitute for lead , although the case for these products has yet to be proved . |
| 32 | do you want to set a date for another meeting just now or do you want to get in touch later George ? |
| 33 | It 's not just a question of deciding what you want to use a camera for ; you also need to think about the quality you want . |
| 34 | In The Favour , The Watch And The Very Big Fish Bob Hoskins plays a Paris photographer of religious themes who has to find a model for Christ on the cross and comes up with Jeff Goldblum , an ex-convict and former lover of an actress ( Natasha Richardson ) , who he meets at a pornographic dubbing studio . |
| 35 | ‘ Do you know anybody who wants to train a boy for work , Mr Sowerberry ? ’ |
| 36 | But I hope he 'll be able to make her understand that she ca n't ever have me , and that she has to make a life for herself away from me . ’ |
| 37 | No , Ellen , before you leave this house , I 'll make you promise to arrange a meeting for me with Catherine . |
| 38 | RAILWAY managers who hope to mount a buy-out for the ScotRail franchise after privatisation are to meet John MacGregor , the Transport Secretary , in Glasgow tonight . |
| 39 | She happened to have a period for most of that week . |
| 40 | Ah Would you like to record a song for posterity Lynda ? |
| 41 | ‘ Would you like to leave a message for them ? ’ |
| 42 | Would you like to become a journalist for an hour or so , and copy out one or two ‘ In Years Gone By columns for us from the files ? |
| 43 | Would you like to have a break for tea now ? |
| 44 | ‘ Looking at the controls on the Crate — seven band graphic equaliser , limiter , pre-shape — you seem to get a lot for your dosh ! ’ £369 in this case … comments ? |
| 45 | Siobhan Redmond I 'd seen once in a revue by Marcella for St Andrews University and I tracked her down in Glasgow and asked her would she like to do a show for buttons for the newly opened Tron Theatre , who were interested . |
| 46 | It could be a fake , but I reckon not — you get to have a feel for what 's real and what is n't , in this job . |
| 47 | Thereafter , although a dazzling tour-de-force the performance style becomes too fragmented , in an attempt to define the anarchic energetic presence of his anti-hero , who appears to have a penchant for fish and telephones , while gifted with a ‘ good god smile ’ . |
| 48 | Erm , d' you have to do a picture for the north and south of it , or just one overall picture ? |
| 49 | She seems to have a gift for calming them down . ’ |
| 50 | Mr Bruce Napier , a chartered clinical psychologist once in charge of the society 's disciplinary procedures , said : ‘ If you go to see a therapist for an hour a week to talk about your most intimate feelings , it is understandable you may develop more powerful feelings for him than you would for your bank manager or solicitor . ’ |
| 51 | How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know . |
| 52 | She was visibly interested in social programmes , in women 's affairs , in medicine , in leper colonies , and she managed to develop a reputation for compassion . |
| 53 | Any teacher who tries to devise a syllabus for a music class that will appeal to the members of the class for its relevance , or who attempts to attract the English class by giving them things to read or act that will speak to them in their own language is in danger of falling into the trap of ‘ thinking down ’ to his pupils , of condescending to them . |
| 54 | She had to wear a brace for many years before she was well enough to walk with two sticks , and I still carry in my mind the picture of her trying to walk around the room and on the landing , hobbling in her iron braces . |
| 55 | Yes so that 's why she had to have a doctor for that one . |
| 56 | If you had to choose a place for a factory making some similar consumer goods , perhaps pop records , which city , on either side of the Pennines , do you think would be best , and why ? |
| 57 | You had to have a reason for going from A to B , or else you were in trouble . |
| 58 | If you wish to record a dialogue for use as above , it can be done as follows : record the whole dialogue for listening at normal speed , without any pauses between the various utterances ( if there are pauses you will be tempted to mimic ) |
| 59 | If you wish to make a reservation for 10 or more people , contact your travel agent , and do n't forget the special discounts we make for most groups — see page 11 . |
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