Example sentences of "[pron] for [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again . |
| 2 | Travelling by coach you will pass through the flower carpet fields to the Franz Roozen Nurseries where you will discover the art of growing flowers and perhaps order your own bulbs which will be delivered to you for planting in the autumn . |
| 3 | They said , ‘ We 're arresting you for loitering with the intent of prostitution . ’ |
| 4 | I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today , and I 'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what 's been said . |
| 5 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 6 | Thank you for coming on the show today , Mr Calder . ’ |
| 7 | Thank you for contributing to the summer edition of Rural Wales . |
| 8 | Thank you for enquiring about the cycle tour to New Zealand in early 1993 . |
| 9 | The long-lived alien 's point of view is the right one for looking at the plausibility of a theory like Cairns-Smith 's or the primeval-soup theory . |
| 10 | But most of all she hated herself for awakening in the darkness night after night , with Nicolo 's name on her lips and tears on her cheeks . |
| 11 | She did not blame herself for going on the cruise , although she sensed that Adam , always an opportunist , had taken advantage of her absence . |
| 12 | Furious with him , and with herself for walking into the trap , Polly re-ran the conversation between the two men . |
| 13 | He cited a Daily Mail article , rather curiously signed Editor , which had attacked him for presiding over the disappearance of ‘ an immense fortune ’ left hint by his father , and had concluded : ‘ It is difficult to see how the leader of a party who has lost his own fortune can hope to restore those of anyone else , or his country . |
| 14 | Critical also of the World Cup organisation , and referring to the umpiring in West Indies as ‘ disgraceful ’ , this agonising cricketer , who came from nowhere at 18 , spotted by Javed Miandad , seems greatly perturbed still at the £1000 fine extracted from him for swearing within the hearing of umpire Plews after he had banned him for bowling bouncers against Warwickshire . |
| 15 | The emphasis of the New Testament is that Christ resisted the temptations thrown at him and it was this that qualified him for dying on the cross . |
| 16 | You do Yes but , you do n't know how much er , I mean , you ca n't sell it for housing at the moment . |
| 17 | Making excuses e.g. excusing yourself for shouting at the babysitter — after all she was three minutes late |
| 18 | ‘ As far as I was concerned he was just a big fella who used to come out of the shop and bellow at us for playing against the wall . |