Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | effect so erm whether that means actually working directly for them or working for a company who specializes in erm the management of historic erm buildings or environments or areas . |
| 2 | How dare he speculate on the subject , then write his conclusions on a document I must carry round with me and display for a month ? |
| 3 | She could relax with them and pretend for a while that she was still one of them . |
| 4 | You are now equipped to play the game : what is the ideal position for each of these machines allowing for you , the craftsman , to work around them and allowing for a board of a chosen dimension to go across that production set-up ? |
| 5 | Mothers with small children particularly hated them and longed for a house with a garden ( Gittus , 1976 ) . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ Derby gave us plenty of problems when we drew there , but we stood up to them and worked for a result . |
| 7 | ‘ Can I sit with you and sunbathe for a while ? |
| 8 | Edward would come and live on Grace , which would save the rent he was paying on his rooms at present ; the girls , once they were not being prayed for at the grotto , would agree to go back to the nuns ; and with Tilda at school she could go out herself and look for a job . |
| 9 | ‘ She told me that you phoned her and asked for a meeting in town . ’ |
| 10 | His black eyes were sharp as he looked at her and thought for a moment . |
| 11 | She wore a belted Japanese kimono that emphasised her cottage-loaf figure and had a warm , rumpled , half-awake look that made Maxim just want to curl up beside her and sleep for a week . |
| 12 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 13 | Margaret inspected it and asked for a number of prints to be made . |
| 14 | Intensely shy but always wanting to be good , she went round the ‘ table ’ , kissing each one of us and hoping for a hug in return . |