Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 National Park rangers eventually managed to speak to the two men but were unable to see them for clouds of steam .
2 Paul reminded Timothy " how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus " .
3 If you were prone to feeling miserable , for example , the aim is to prevent feelings of misery rather than to swop them for feelings of ecstasy .
4 DAVID BOWIE is to play it for laughs alongside funnyman Griff Rhys Jones in a new £1.5 million telly show .
5 Because these are so individually made , they 're rather like instruments which have been devised for a specific individual , and so to criticise them for details of design is hardly fair .
6 I certainly have not met another Brother or Sister Brush that has been compelled to study it for weeks on end
7 His second victim was drugged and raped when she went to see him for advice about work three months later .
8 Course content has been selected to give graduates the necessary knowledge , skills and experience to equip them for careers in software development , application systems development , and in using computer systems to further organizational goals .
9 This newly created honourary office carried with it ex officio membership of the executive committee so that , it was hoped Ayliffe 's years of experience would not be wholly lost to the Association by his decision not to offer himself for reelection as President .
10 The disk comes with the necessary programs to decode the 33,000 word dictionary , to allow you to edit , and to re-encode it for use with Scramble .
11 The disk comes with the necessary programs to decode the 33,000 word dictionary , to allow you to edit , and to re-encode it for use with Scramble .
12 There were two of Hugh 's sergeants waiting impassively along the path , with a litter on which to lay him for passage to castle or abbey , according as Hugh should direct .
13 Therefore the unit also has to prepare them for reintegration into school life .
14 1156 followed its own decision in Rex v. Sheridan and applied it to facts which differed from those in Rex v. Sheridan only in that the defendant had there consented to be tried by a stipendiary magistrate and had pleaded guilty before the magistrate decided to commit him for trial on indictment .
15 She just completely lost her nerve and was too afraid to tell him for fear of rejection .
16 A black-and-white ‘ Life on Sunday ’ section in the middle carried an illustrated feature advising women how to feel themselves for signs of breast cancer .
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