Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is vital that companies prepare themselves for the new Europe and this initiative will help firms in the south . |
| 2 | Neither rejection , protest nor availability prepares us for the demands which celibacy is making on us nowadays . |
| 3 | When the news was broken to Martha that Lydia wanted her for a bridesmaid , she was excited . |
| 4 | If you make good use of the contacts it forces you to make in Ardmore , Wellington or Christchurch , you can get a very useful insight into the local scene that helps prepare you for the fascinating flying that lies ahead . |
| 5 | The following evening , when Kathy came to check on her , it was obvious that Clare blamed her for the shape she was in . |
| 6 | It was late in the afternoon when we arrived , and Taylor took me for a drive through the town , which apart from the centre had been badly damaged . |
| 7 | The National Curriculum 's aims — to give pupils knowledge , understanding , skills and attitudes to equip them for the responsibilities and challenges of adult life and tomorrow 's world — will be widely supported . |
| 8 | Wright 's last appearance for his country was as a sub against Hungary in Budapest in May , and Graham promised : ‘ If England pick him for the game against Norway next month he 'll join the squad ’ . |
| 9 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 10 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 11 | But if parents buy it for the child the dividend is considered part of the parents income . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it 's fine , ’ Alina said , and Pete watched her for a moment longer , almost as if he was checking her score on a test . |
| 13 | We talked a little more , while Terry and Tom prepared themselves for the inevitable angry reaction from the guards and Brian lay down under an extra blanket as his body came to terms with the shock of the beating . |
| 14 | [ PAMELA and BELVILLE dress themselves for the Masquerade ; PAMELA as a Puritan girl and BELVILLE as a Spanish nobleman . |
| 15 | ‘ I know today now there are some good degrees and goodness knows what for the job , but it does n't mean to say you can do the job . |
| 16 | Around half a mile away was the small Hertfordshire town of Tring with shops and bakeries providing everything for a canal side picnic . |
| 17 | With the prospect of William and Harry joining them for a holiday afterwards , Diana was in good heart . |
| 18 | It 's normally a place for quiet reflection in the midst of the commercial centre of Edinburgh , but this morning it 's full of books – boxes and boxes of them wherever you look – and people sorting them for the annual Christian Aid Book Sale . |
| 19 | I thought he and you , both of you , had deceived me about your relationship — the way Suzanna and Raich deceived me for a time . |
| 20 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 21 | Neil Kinnock and others pressed her for a while about Nigel Lawson 's resignation . |
| 22 | TO our delight Edinburgh 's own novelist Lucilla Andrews accepted and invitation to visit us for a formal presentation of some signed copies of her books . |
| 23 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 24 | The Levant Company claimed the right to these dues , but both Wyche and Crowe claimed them for the Crown , and Charles I had provided further occasion for dispute between all three parties by formally alienating them to Crowe in 1636 , though the latter , in return for compensating payments by the company , waived his right until his arrival in Constantinople in October 1638 . |
| 25 | On the other hand , it may also be a sign of God 's hidden control and wisdom preparing us for the future . |
| 26 | And Sinatra punished him for the rest of his life . |
| 27 | But game did nothing for the glass , as I had hoped . |
| 28 | It can presumably survive , even though it is edible to birds , because birds take it for a monarch , and avoid it . |
| 29 | Designed to counteract poor visibility on murky winter afternoons , it had been used in Scotland and by the visiting South Africans in 1924 before Arsenal adopted it for a public trial match three years later . |
| 30 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |