Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pers pn] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main 10-band EQ system ( plus two further sliders for input gain and volume ) is augmented by a smaller , manually-adjusted 7-band ‘ acoustic correction ’ system which allows you to compensate for the acoustics of each gig , without having to go back into your preset program — positive thinking on the part of Decimax . |
| 2 | Early in 1989 his book , A Brief History of Time , toppled my autobiography from No 1 to No 2 on the best-seller list , which positions we retained for the next 13 weeks . |
| 3 | One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call . |
| 4 | Rachel cheers me up by saying she was leaving anyhow , and if he wants her to pay for the night then she will and to hell with it . |
| 5 | He has a well-paid job but he expects her to pay for the family car |
| 6 | We should shortly know who the new owners of Showerings are and what plans they have for the company . |
| 7 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the Royal Naval Reserve ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 8 | To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has for the future of the May day bank holiday . |
| 9 | To ask the Minister for the Arts what plans he has for the European arts festival ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 10 | To ask the Minister for the Arts , what plans he has for the European arts festival ; — |
| 11 | So while I 'm not suggesting that you buy every gauge ( though that would be many a machine knitter 's idea of heaven , I guess ! ) , when working out what machine(s) you want for the yarns you want to knit most , look at the optimum yarn for each gauge . |
| 12 | I mean what does it mean for the actual people living here ? |
| 13 | What does it mean for the people who own the company — the policyholders ? |
| 14 | Indeed , indeed so that 's what you might use , yep What 's the value , I mean what does it do what does it do for the company first of all ? |
| 15 | The poet can not lose ; whatever claims he makes for the momentousness of his subjectmatter are vindicated simply by the way those claims are made . |