Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact they spend so much time flying head first into burns , one would have thought they could save even more time by simply opening their mouths and taking on water without the inconvenience of having to reach for the day-glo bottle . |
| 2 | Trotting after her , Frankie automatically rubbed his hand on his trousers before daring to reach for the gloved hand she offered . |
| 3 | The news comes as BA is still licking its wounds from having to apologise for the dirty tricks campaign conducted against its smaller rival , Virgin Atlantic , and the early retiral of its former chairman , Lord King . |
| 4 | It is no wonder that Ministers do not understand the problems local government faces in having to prepare for the final year of poll tax , in having to work out how to collect the current year 's poll tax , in having to prepare the software for collection of the council tax . |
| 5 | Similarly , Message Queue Interface should improve the efficiency with which loosely coupled systems work : travel agents , for example should be able to request flight information from one system and get straight on filling in other details without having to wait for the remote system to respond . |