Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment . |
| 2 | Vass spread his long fingers over the chair arms and seemed to contemplate them for a moment . |
| 3 | " If it 's not a success , " Sara said slowly , " I 'll turn my half of Moorlake into two flats and hope to keep one for a country retreat . " |
| 4 | Harry Lamb worked on his father 's farm , managed on five hours ' sleep a night and studied to prepare himself for the Church of Ireland ministry . |
| 5 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 6 | ( He had in fact put on weight while resting after Alfredo Alfredo , and needed to lose it for the role anyway . |
| 7 | After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . |
| 8 | The idea for this one was proposed in 1981 , specifically to boost the early evening weekday audience and help to build it for the rest of the evening . |
| 9 | I 've just returned from South Africa , during which he went to stay with Sally Newcombe and refused to eat anything for a week and a half ’ . |
| 10 | But there is little likelihood of them giving home advantage to Garvey who have gone 32 games without defeat in the competition and need to win it for a record sixth time on the trot to reach Europe next year . |
| 11 | Applicants were given cash grants , usually no more than £75 , and trusted to use it for the purpose they had proposed - such as buying a bicycle to do a newspaper round , obtaining equipment for a camping trip , or acquiring the wherewithal to learn a new skill or a sport . |
| 12 | In the case of music examinations there are doubtless some teachers who keep their pupils back and refuse to enter them for an examination unless they are virtually certain that they will succeed . |
| 13 | You do not need to dip into this money at regular intervals , but wish to retain it for the future . |