Example sentences of "[to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franco Ferrero wishes to apologize for the delay in sending out his Kayak & Mountain brochure but by now it should be on the way to all who requested it . |
| 2 | You can use GET and GET$ whenever you want your program to wait for a reply before continuing . |
| 3 | Many old people in particular find it impossible to retire for the night without washing up and leaving everything tidy . |
| 4 | If they like it , the answer is to go for a swim by buying PEPs , ’ says Amanda . |
| 5 | We 'd had dinner and were on our way back to the hotel when I told him I was going to go for a walk before going to bed . |
| 6 | It seems appropriate , therefore , to search for a way of specifying required yields which does not rely exclusively upon historic data . |
| 7 | From the moment in the mid-Eighties when it became known that Baron Thyssen was hunting a new location for his famous collection of paintings housed until only a few months ago at the lakeside Villa Favorita near Lugano , city fathers and heads of state began to vie for the prestige of exhibiting it . |
| 8 | The first time my mother had been indignant and remarked that Syl had no right to disappear for the evening without telling us where he was going . |
| 9 | My constituent felt strongly that neither the amount on offer from the student loans scheme nor the money available from the postgraduate access fund would be enough to compensate for the loss of housing benefit to her undergraduate daughter or to her elder daughter , who was on the postgraduate music course . |
| 10 | Dispute about the safety of the operation led to dockers being asked to volunteer for the work of loading the ship . |
| 11 | Isabel stood pressed back against the wooden panels , trying to listen for the sound of breathing over the drumming of her heart . |
| 12 | Direct offer advertisements ( eg newspaper advertisements inviting investors to apply for an investment by filling in a clip-out coupon and returning it with their cheque ) , may not be issued or approved in respect of futures or other derivatives or warrants . |
| 13 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 14 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 15 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 16 | At the very least , the assailant may be made to pause for a moment before attacking , and this may be just enough to allow the prey to escape . |
| 17 | Many a voter now thinks there is no way to vote for the left without voting for old-fashioned communism . |
| 18 | A characteristic Lord Joseph approach : honest , serious and keen to apologise for a complexity of thinking even before being quizzed . |
| 19 | Over 100 members turned up to compete for the honour of representing Limerick Area in the National Finals in Belfast . |
| 20 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 21 | Vinny grinned : ‘ The boss subjected our earholes to a bit of GBH and we came back so strongly we were a bit sick at having to settle for a point after going 3-2 up . ’ |
| 22 | Or do without is n't it you know , you had to stock for the sake of getting the business . |
| 23 | Last night , however , Ralph had begun to angle for an invitation by reminiscing about the joys of the traditional family Christmas at Carinish Court . |
| 24 | Mr Gould , a prominent Euro-sceptic in the early 1980s , is likely to argue for the commitment to maintaining sterling 's value within the Exchange Rate Mechanism to be ditched , to increase a Labour government 's room for manoeuvre . |
| 25 | Exacting specifications were then provided for firms who offered to tender for the work of dismantling and rebuilding . |
| 26 | It seems odd that I should be expected to pay for the privilege of assisting in this way , in particular , as I doubt that these changes will alleviate the falling numbers of applicants to medical schools in the UK . |
| 27 | He invited his clients to pay for the privilege of cutting his locks and raised £1,000 for the Chest Heart and Stroke Association . |
| 28 | Mr. Edminson refers also to many of today 's lady golfers as being professional ladies earning good salaries and who are therefore well able to pay for the privilege of playing golf two or three times a week . |
| 29 | The most deeply spontaneous , the gut reaction , from every viewpoint except the destitute , or of a criminal ready to pay for the advantage of robbing by the risk of himself being robbed , or of the kind of anarchist who acclaims private theft as a blow to the oppressive institution of private property , is of being threatened . |
| 30 | He was n't blocking anything , and at the end of the alley was the street ; he 'd probably pick up a ticket between now and the time of the meeting , but that would be a small price to pay for the convenience of having less than a couple of hundred yards to drag her . |