Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both thorns are tolerant of pollution and are tough enough to grow in open , exposed seaside sites regularly raked over by salt-laden winds , although these of course will do nothing for the autumn display . |
| 2 | Of course there will be howls of protest from the synodical activists and the liberal establishment , but the man or woman in the pews who are the real Church of England will thank you for it . |
| 3 | Such conflicting views or theories of style will concern us for the remainder of this chapter , but rather than argue that one view is wholly superior to another , we shall try to harmonize the apparent conflicts , so that at the end of the chapter , we shall have worked through to a balanced view of what stylistics is about . |
| 4 | Peasants with a minimal surplus of food could barter it for vital equipment . |
| 5 | No amount of wages would pay you for doing such dangerous work . |
| 6 | Well , Lloyd 's of London can buy it for me . |
| 7 | Members of the nursing profession , who once assumed that training for registration would equip them for a career in nursing now realise that this is no longer the case . |
| 8 | But the main thrust of Olson 's argument is unaffected , and it ca n't be set aside : this great American poet ( and Olson knows that Pound is all of that ) was a Fascist , profoundly , and no amount of talk about his affinities with Whitman will save him for democracy , nor will any attempt to treat his anti-Semitism as an unrelated pathological aberration . |
| 9 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 10 | The great church was mute and dark , for compline was long over , since the routine of the house clung as yet to its winter timetable , and the monks were in their beds until midnight should rouse them for matins . |
| 11 | And who on earth could blame you for that ? ’ |
| 12 | A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad . |