Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 2 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |
| 3 | Do n't overfeed them to compensate for the fasting stage . |
| 4 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 5 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 6 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 7 | I mean for the actual Christmas period , Christmas Day , Boxing Day and so on . ’ |
| 8 | This afternoon , the trial was halted when the Judge , Mr. Justice Auld , called in the jury after several hours of legal argument and told them , ’ I apologise for the long delay . |
| 9 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 10 | I headed for the white gleam of a village in the distance and was grateful to find that the one and only store sold iced drinks . |
| 11 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 12 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 13 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 14 | I wait for the inevitable question . |
| 15 | When I come out into the light at the end , I look for the white van . |
| 16 | I arrived for the American premiere and these ghosts made no sense at all . |
| 17 | I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier . |
| 18 | So I paid for the electric motor of the engine to be serviced , but it never worked very well . |
| 19 | Anyway , I paid for the blessed thing . ’ |
| 20 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 21 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 22 | I opt for the outside seat which in some models is adapted into a mini-swimming-pool . |
| 23 | Counc tonight it was mentioned the actual the work of the Regional Health Authority and , again , I worked for the Regional Health Authority a long time ago . |
| 24 | I use to dread going in to work — in the two years I worked for the Inland Revenue I do not think I worked a full month — and in the end I left . |
| 25 | When I worked for the Daily Telegraph , the editor , Bill Deedes , would say that he never missed the letters column of the Guardian . |
| 26 | Later I tell C that if I worked for the Daily Star , I 'd have my story already . |
| 27 | In the Annual Report two years ago , I called for the careful co-ordination of export support services from both private and public sector organisations . |
| 28 | As I reached for the fallen picture he said to me , ‘ That door 's gooin' ter fall off its 'inges one of these times . ’ |
| 29 | I reached for the thick directory . |
| 30 | I laughed for the sheer pleasure of playing such games with God 's strong world , then remembered the senator had told me that Robin-Anne liked to sail . |