Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first part of the provision may not therefore be wholly effective in any event and the question is whether the tenant is prepared to accept it in return for a concession from the landlord elsewhere in the lease . |
| 2 | People who skip breakfast work less efficiently than people who have taken the trouble to provide themselves with fuel for the morning . |
| 3 | He became desperate and was willing to try anything in search for a solution to his problem . |
| 4 | ( c ) the offeror receives a binding commitment from the merchant bank to pay cash to accepting shareholders who elect to receive it in return for the offeror procuring the allotment to the merchant bank ( or , as directed , sub-underwriters ) of the consideration shares ( by means of the nominations received from accepting shareholders ) . |
| 5 | Tom will want to check for proteinuria and test your reflexes , but even if those things are normal he and Dr Greene may want to pop you in hospital for a while . ’ |
| 6 | Since my presence seems to be provoking you to acts of wild aggression , I think it would be best to leave you in peace for a while . |
| 7 | To put you on stand-by for the grunt'n'groan grapplers , The Daily Mirror has been speaking to two family rivals — British Bulldog and Bret ‘ Hit Man ’ Hart . |
| 8 | It gave her a chance to put everything on hold for a brief while , recharge the batteries after a flight . |
| 9 | If you are using the divider to separate cichlids or other particularly aggressive fish , it 's wise to leave it in place for a couple of weeks and then only remove the divider at a time when you are likely to be around if trouble occurs . |
| 10 | The ambitious Hall , famed cup specialists , are still involved in both the Rothmans and the Welsh Knockout Cups and need the talents of County choice Peers to keep them on track for the double . |
| 11 | The artist has little hope of influencing the world if he does not begin to reform himself by questing for a new vision of the experience of living , a vision which leads us to share , question , respect . |
| 12 | If I did n't know better I 'd think he was trying to be as diplomatic possible in order to keep himself in line for the England job . |
| 13 | In a couple of days she 'll be up and about again , but I 've been told by the doctor to keep her off school for a while longer . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , give my love to cousin George and say we 'll expect to see him at Cumbermound for the show on Sunday . |
| 15 | It was believed that the latter group had agreed to support him in return for the promise of positions on congressional committees . |
| 16 | The condition may be upheld if the plaintiff had previously disclosed his reports or offered to disclose them in exchange for the defendant 's reports ( Clarke v Martlew [ 1973 ] QB 58 ) but even that is in doubt since Megarity v DJ Ryan & Sons Ltd [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 832 in which it was said that the plaintiff can not make it a condition precedent to granting a medical examination that the defendant must produce the ensuing report , since to do so would pre-empt the court 's power to give directions as to expert evidence . |
| 17 | She also wanted to save them from slaughter for the sum of two hundred pounds . |
| 18 | ‘ I said when I named the squad that the match provided an opportunity for someone to thrust himself into contention for a place in the squad to go to Lisbon next month . |
| 19 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 20 | • Look great in that dress — fast-working exercises to get you into shape for the party season |
| 21 | 10K TRAINING SCHEDULES Here are specific training schedules designed to get you in shape for a great 10K race performance . |
| 22 | Not that he ever mentions it , or that I 've ever asked him , but he 's the type to consider it a sacred duty to have everything in order for every emergency . ’ |
| 23 | During his period at Newcastle and later in his career when he briefly played for Grimsby Town , Gallacher was known to drink with fans in pubs near the ground , and on more than one occasion a search party had to be sent to get him in time for the kick-off . |
| 24 | Burghley Park became his study and there he formulated his religious ideas which were to alienate him from society for the rest of his life . |
| 25 | I need the boat back by the end of the week to get it in shape for the pre-race trials . ’ |
| 26 | Now the goal is to complete it in time for an autumn summit . |
| 27 | By itself it does n't prove a thing , but it 's my way of getting them to take me to Strathspeld for the funeral ; I can look McDunn in the eye and tell him the truth and he knows it 's the truth and he 'll take me . |
| 28 | This would give her the opportunity to say something in time for the next morning 's American newspapers . |
| 29 | The plaintiff served on the defendants notice of motion making application to the county court to commit them to prison for the alleged contempt of court entailed by breach of the injunction . |
| 30 | Julian Bailey , despite failing to qualify his Lotus 102B at Phoenix , is understood to be prepared to commit himself to Lotus for the entire season — if Martin Donnelly is n't fit enough to race — backed by a personal investment of up to £75,000 , earned during two years with the Group C Nissan team . |