Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pron] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , the learning steps a student must follow to prepare himself for each test are specified . |
| 2 | Slater glanced at Graham , " Sara and I were next-door neighbours for a while , I do believe our parents may even have intended us for each other at one time , without actually saying anything about it , of course . " |
| 3 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 4 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 5 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 6 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 7 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 8 | As she flew up to her room , she thought her father might have killed her for that speech . |
| 9 | She could easily have slapped her for that remark , which was silly really , but nonetheless that was how she felt . |
| 10 | Dave breathed a sigh of relief but realised that he would have to prepare himself for another day . |
| 11 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 12 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 13 | Oh I mean many of them were taken out of a book which had in the front price five and sixpence so a so I think that went very well and er I mean Jack was much encouraged by it so much so that he 's going to actually offer to do it for another organisation that he 's connected with |