Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you know anybody who wants to train a boy for work , Mr Sowerberry ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | She seems to have a gift for calming them down . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Instead he has to wait a week for next Saturday 's Victoria Ground clash with Swansea . |
| 8 | But I 'll give you the number — ’ I gave it — ‘ and if he wants to leave a message for me , Mrs McDougall will take it . ’ |
| 9 | The secretary of the local tennis club telephones to say that he wants to make a booking for their annual dinner and dance . |
| 10 | So , moving on to another requirement of this law , which states that ‘ When a penalty kick is taken the following shall apply : ( a ) The kick must be taken without undue delay ; ( b ) the kick must be taken at or behind the mark on a line through the mark ; ( c ) The kicker may kick the ball in any direction and he may play the ball again , without any restriction except if he has indicated to the referee that he intends to attempt a kick for goal ’ . |
| 11 | As the subject has to be studied by all pupils , it tends to become a forum for half-baked discussion of moral or social issues , in order that it may not seem irrelevant to the non-religious , or offensive to the keenly sectarian . |
| 12 | While ultimately qualitative , it seems to offer a method for coping with different types of process and incorporating stochastic and truly random events . |
| 13 | It says it hopes to formulate a proposal for the holders in due course . |
| 14 | A final technical point on audio versus video recording : it takes no longer to set up for a simple video recording than it does to position a microphone for an audio recording . |
| 15 | If it fails to provide a justification for its actions , proceedings will open in the European Court . |