Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 Mr Jones did n't have the key ; it was kept at the ambulance station , whose staff would be told to lend it for the purpose required .
2 Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans .
3 And it well you 're meant to get fifteen pound are n't you , he 's meant to pay you for the work ?
4 But for that old lady , I had been ordered to do her for the fire .
5 Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump .
6 At table there were some small , preliminary escapes , nothing much ; I was determined to save everything for the climax .
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