Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | June had asked Hilda Lodge to thank everyone for the lovely flowers sent to her during her recent stay in hospital . |
| 3 | The carrier would have agreed to carry them for the same price at the carrier 's risk . |
| 4 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 5 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 6 | Its executive announced that it would seek substantial wage increases for its members , to compensate them for the inevitable rises in living costs . |
| 7 | MR IAN ROWDON OF HALCROW WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT/INTRODUCTION . |
| 8 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 9 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 10 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 11 | But in the former case the plaintiff will have a capital asset in his hands , and he is only entitled to recover damages to compensate him for the additional expenditure involved . |
| 12 | In all such cases the plaintiff is entitled to damages to compensate him for the lost benefit . |
| 13 | He told the rector at Boston that this was a person of unusual spiritual powers ; that how to train him for the whole Church was a responsibility ; that he was anxious that these abilities should not be confined to academic spheres . |
| 14 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 15 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 16 | Wo would you like to try it for the next year , or few meetings ? |
| 17 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 18 | The eyes flickered up to meet mine for a split second before returning to his notes . |
| 19 | From time to time Shelly Films held evening previews of certain feature films , either for clients , or to screen them for the local parent company . |
| 20 | Initially , in November , which is three months after Stavrogin was quoting Hamlet , Kirillov 's ‘ ROLE IS A FACTUAL ONE ’ — by which Dostoevsky means he ‘ volunteered to shoot himself for the common cause ’ and leave a letter claiming responsibility for Shatov 's murder , thus diverting the attention of the police from Peter Verkhovensky and the quintet . |
| 21 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 22 | Two men climb the rock to check that all has been eaten and to clean it for the next burial . |
| 23 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 24 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 28 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 29 | If the European Fighter Aircraft fails to go ahead , the Government will have to brace itself for a further jobs bombshell . |
| 30 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |